The Art of Table Conversation

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i'm glad, russ, to hear you the word, hear you use the word art. It might really be an art. And i'm afraid that's what a lot of us are doing. If we don't invest in cultivating it, it's gen a lie folo. I've talked about being on silent meditation retreat where you are supposed to eat thoughtfully and show thoughtfully. To eat without distraction, without conversation, is really an amazing experience. You can read about it anywhere on the web, i'm sure. But it's really hard to do.

Physician and careful reader Richard Gunderman of Indiana University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how Adam Smith and Leo Tolstoy looked at greed. Drawing on Tolstoy's short story, "Master and Man," and adding some Thomas Hobbes along the way, Gunderman argues that a life well-lived requires us to rise above our lower desires. Join Gunderman and Roberts for a sleigh ride into a snowy blizzard, where you won't find your way by following rules, but rather by recognizing what needs to be seen.