I think we, we do like to be scared. But isn't it your possibility? It's not so healthy. I want to ask you another of or morality in culture. A lot of your book is talking about the evolutionary value of various things that we're interested in. Sometimes it's suffering, sometimes it's pleasure. You don't give much credence to culture. If if we're going to argue, and i would argue that some t v shows that i watch and love, i think make me better by putting me in a mind set in morality which is different from my own. That's a very nineteenth century a attitude of mine. Most peope wold say, lik
Author and psychologist Paul Bloom of the University of Toronto talks about his book, The Sweet Spot, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Bloom argues that suffering is underrated--suffering is part of happiness and meaning. This is a wide-ranging discussion of popular culture, religion, and what we hope to get out of life.