The Five Comfort Languages

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The first one is being hard or just being there. The next is optimism and pep talks. And the fifth is anything that's like, you know, physical. It can be cuddles if that's appropriate but it can also be a giant bag of burritos. Kat Kinsman: I actually hate it when people are optimistic when I'm in the background. So do you want to walk us to the, what the five comfort languages are? Absolutely.

What's the best way to help someone who's going through a difficult situation? What are the four states of distress? What are "comfort languages"? How can we introduce more nuance into our everyday thinking habits? When gathering information and forming opinions, how do you know who to trust? What's the difference between intelligence and wisdom?

Kat Woods is the co-founder of Charity Entrepreneurship, a startup incubator for effective altruist charities. It provides training, seed funding, and the other things necessary to kickstart an effective nonprofit. Previously, Kat co-founded Charity Science Outreach, a meta-organization that raised nine counterfactual dollars for high impact charities for every dollar spent. Subsequently she co-founded Charity Science Health, a direct poverty charity that received multiple grants from GiveWell and has served hundreds of thousands of families in India. You can find more about Kat at her website or on Twitter at @kat__woods.

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