Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak with New York Times best selling author, Harvard professor and happiness expert, Arthur Brooks on what happiness is and how to achieve it. What is a social scientist? (3:33) Why does academia lack humility? (4:38) The massive human experiment that is the coronavirus pandemic. (7:58) Is fear or control the biggest deterrent to your pursuit of happiness? (10:23) Why there is fear-based polarity in the US. (16:32) The comparison trap, that is social media. (19:05) Why do parents tend to overprotect their children? (21:40) What motivated him to write his new book? (25:50) The commonalities of the happy as they age. (30:42) Why wisdom is knowing how to use what you know. (33:20) How life is not that interesting when you don’t have diversity. (36:50) The importance of having a spiritual practice. (41:05) The big problems created by the coronavirus and how to combat them. (45:14) When you hate, someone is profiting. (50:12) Arthur’s hopeful mindset for the future. (53:37