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Aug 15, 2021 10 min

Meliorism (How to Make Things Better)

from Happy Brain Hosted by Sean Bloch

There is an interesting philosophy about how to make things better called Meliorism. Yup. It just might...make your brain happy. Instagram: http://instagram.com/happybrainfm Heather's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatherparady/ Website: http://tlbc.co/happy-brain RESOURCES: Connect with Sara Soyeju: www.ediblepsych.com [email protected] Instagram & Facebook @ediblepsychology Work Mentioned: Pawelski, J. O. (2006, March). Mitigation and construction: Toward a balanced meliorism. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. San Antonio, TX. (Very Academic) Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk. Econometrica, 47, 263-291. (Lay person-ish) Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (PERMA) Seligman, Martin E. P. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life. New York: Vintage Books, 2006

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