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speaking of temporal scarcity, we have 53, two, one seconds left. The philosopher John Stuart Mill developed a moral theory that basically said the most important feature of happiness is that the joy of others brings joy to you. And thereby the conflict between individual happiness and communal happiness collapses because what brings individual happiness is the capacity to take joy in the experience of others. And I will say this hour has been an opportunity for me and I believe for my second self, Laurie, to feel exactly that. Thank you for being present with us as we thought and talked together. Thank you for being a group of people to whom we felt connected and ready to feel vulnerable in front of.

Huge thanks to my friend Tamar Gendler and the amazing staff and sponsors of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. If you're in New Haven, Connecticut next summer, you should definitely check out the festival. I know I'm not the sportiest of podcast hosts, but next week I'll be bringing out my inner athlete. Because the Happiness Lab and other Pushkin shows will be going to the Olympics. We'll meet a track and field athlete who fell out of love with running. We'll learn how she hung up her shoes, only to explode back into the sport years later as one of the fastest women in the world. I

just genuinely go into races so excited. You know, I could be in an office right now, but I'm

sad I'm going into this massive race with huge athletes. Like, how cool is that? That's all next time on The Happiness Lab with me, Dr. Laurie Santos.

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