Are fantasies helpful or harmful? How is daydreaming like a drug? And what did Angela fantasize about during ninth-grade English class?

SOURCES:
- Patrick Bet-David, YouTuber and founding C.E.O. of PHP Agency Inc.
- Barbara Corcoran, "Shark" and executive producer on ABC’s Shark Tank and founder of The Corcoran Group.
- Peter Gollwitzer, professor of psychology at New York University.
- Danny Kahneman, professor emeritus of psychology at Princeton University.
- Robert Nozick, philosopher.
- Gabriele Oettingen, professor of psychology at New York University.
- Kim Scott, co-founder of Radical Candor and prominent C.E.O. coach in Silicon Valley.

RESOURCES:
- "Dreamscrolling," by Empower (The Currency, 2024).
- "Most Americans Can’t Afford a $1,000 Emergency: Survey," by Travis Schlepp (The Hill, 2024).
- "Positive Fantasies and Negative Emotions in Soccer Fans," by A. Timur Sevincer, Greta Wagner, and Gabriele Oettingen (Cognition and Emotion, 2019).
- Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, by Kim Scott (2017).
- "Pleasure Now, Pain Later: Positive Fantasies About the Future Predict Symptoms of Depression," by Gabriele Oettingen, Doris Mayer, and Sam Portnow (Psychological Science, 2016).
- "Positive Fantasies About Idealized Futures Sap Energy," by Heather Barry Kappes and Gabriele Oettingen (Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2011).
- "Self-Regulation of Goal Setting: Turning Free Fantasies About the Future Into Binding Goals," by Gabriele Oettingen, Hyeon-ju Pak, and Karoline Schnetter (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2001).
- "Intuitive Prediction: Biases and Corrective Procedures," by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky (DARPA Technical Report, 1977).
- Anarchy, State, and Utopia, by Robert Nozick (1974).

EXTRAS:
- "Can You Really 'Manifest' Success Through Positive Visualization?" by No Stupid Questions (2024).

MEDITATION: Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, "Unplug It" - March 12, 2024