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#657 - Erik Angner - An Economist’s Guide To A Happy Life

Modern Wisdom

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The Cost of Meaning-Making in Children

"I get the sense that with declining religiosity, which is sort of a lack of awe and dread," he says. "What people see when they look at childhood ... it's an awful lot of non-immediate happiness" He thinks we tend to focus on short-term gains over long-term ones in our culture.

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