How to Change Your Perspective on Suffering and the Search for Meaning

3min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

The book is the sweet spot the pleasures of suffering and the search for meaning. I think by listening to this conversation, most people would agree, if you can change perspective on things as impactful or as deeply ingrained in the human experience as suffering, pain, happiness, meaning, that's it. That's a tall challenge. And i'd like to think that h the people whose ideas i discuss and research he researches i discuss, open up possibilities for people. Well, i have to say, i think you accomplished it.

Paul Bloom is a professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto. He was also the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Yale University . Paul studies how children and adults make sense of the world, with a focus on pleasure, morality, religion, fiction, and art.

Paul's newest book is The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning.

Read more about Paul at his website: paulbloom.net.

Support the Show - Become a Patron!

Help us grow and become a Patron today: https://www.patreon.com/smartpeoplepodcast

Sponsors:

Ginger - To learn more about how Ginger can support your employee’s mental health, visit ginger.com/smart.

Organifi - Treat yourself to amazing health and try it today for 20% of the entire purchase! Go to organifi.com/SMART

Donate:

Donate here to support the show!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices