The Good Fight Jonathan Rauch on Why Many People Are Unhappy in Middle Age (and How Life Gets Better After Fifty)
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Oct 21, 2023 Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth and The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50, discusses how our sense of satisfaction with life is age-related, the U-shaped well-being curve, navigating midlife dissatisfaction, and shifting the social narrative around aging.
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Introduction
00:00 • 1min
Identity Synthesis: Exploring Postmodern Influences and Political Discourse
01:30 • 11min
Exploring the U-shaped Well-being Curve and Age-related Life Satisfaction
12:33 • 3min
Understanding the Midlife Crisis and its Relation to Life Satisfaction
15:56 • 9min
Navigating Midlife Dissatisfaction
25:24 • 20min
The U Curve of Happiness and Aging
45:22 • 14min
Navigating Midlife and Shifting the Social Narrative
59:41 • 6min