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Dr. Marc Schulz - How to Live the Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

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The Good Life Isn't About Experiencing Joy and Happiness

The good life isn't always about experiencing joy and happiness, it's about having a meaningful life in which we're engaged with others. So I think people get scared and I totally understand that. We might logically know that talking to somebody on a train is gonna make us happier. But the part of our brain that's larger and more powerful says you don't know them, maybe it's dangerous,. It's extra energy, it's no certainty. There's no predictability. Yeah, they can judge me.

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