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#139 Laurie Santos: The Pursuit of Happiness

2022/6/14
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Laurie Santos
耶鲁大学心理学教授和幸福科学专家，通过科学研究和教育促进幸福感。
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Shane Parrish
创始人和CEO，专注于网络安全、投资和知识分享。
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Laurie Santos: 本期节目探讨了人们对幸福的追求，以及人们对幸福的误解。人们常常认为物质上的成功、获得成就等就能带来持久的幸福，但事实并非如此。持久的幸福感源于专注当下、与他人建立联系、以及培养积极的生活习惯等方面。 Laurie Santos 详细阐述了“到达谬误”这一概念，即人们错误地预测未来事件会带来的幸福程度和持续时间。人们总是将自己与那些比自己更好的人进行比较，导致无法满足于现状。此外，人们还会对所拥有的事物逐渐适应，导致幸福感下降，这被称为享乐适应。 Laurie Santos 还介绍了提升幸福感的科学方法，例如正念练习、感恩练习、为他人付出、以及培养健康的生活习惯等。这些方法能够有效地提升人们的幸福感，并具有持久的积极效果。 Laurie Santos 还谈到了社会文化和媒体宣传对人们对幸福的认知的影响，以及人类本能驱使人们追求资源和地位，这与幸福感并不直接相关。 Shane Parrish: 本期节目与嘉宾Laurie Santos探讨了人们对幸福的追求，以及人们对幸福的误解。节目中，Laurie Santos 详细阐述了人们对幸福的误解，以及如何克服这些误解，并介绍了提升幸福感的科学方法。 Shane Parrish 提出了人们在追求幸福的过程中常常遇到的问题，例如“到达谬误”和参照群体的变化。他与Laurie Santos 共同探讨了这些问题，并分析了其背后的原因。 Shane Parrish 还与Laurie Santos 共同探讨了社会媒体、宗教信仰、以及亲子关系对幸福感的影响。他们分析了这些因素如何影响人们对幸福的认知和追求，以及如何更好地利用这些因素来提升幸福感。 Shane Parrish 还探讨了如何保护自己免受不快乐的人的影响，以及如何避免倦怠。他与Laurie Santos 共同探讨了这些问题，并提出了相应的应对策略。

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Discusses the misconception that achieving accolades leads to lasting happiness, highlighting how temporary the happiness boost is and the need to address underlying misconceptions about happiness.

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Can you accurately identify what aspects of life make you happy? Would you even know if you found true happiness? Leading psychology professor and happiness expert Laurie Santos dives deep on all the factors that contribute to our happiness, why we spend so much energy pursuing it, some evidence-based methods to boost your happiness, why it’s crucial to protect yourself from unhappy people, and so much more. Santos is a Professor of Psychology and the Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Since 2018 she’s been teaching Psychology and the Good Life, which is one of the most popular courses at Yale and at one point included approximately a quarter of the school’s undergraduates. She has also turned her course into a popular podcast series, The Happiness Lab.
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