The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, written by Jonathan Haidt, read by Ryan Vincent Anderson

What this episode covers

The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt is a 2006 psychology book written for a non-academic audience, with insights that remain relevant today. Haidt takes 10 classic great ideas from Eastern and Western philosophy and applies these to modern life, while adding context from contemporary psychology. Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, and taught for 16 years in the department of psychology at the University of Virginia. Haidt’s research examines the intuitive foundations of morality, and how morality varies across cultures––including the cultures of American progressive, conservatives, and libertarians. Haidt is the author of three books: http://www.happinesshypothesis.com/ (The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom;) The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion; and https://www.thecoddling.com/ (The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting Up a Generation for Failure) (co-authored with Greg Lukianoff). The last two books each became New York Times bestsellers. At NYU-Stern, he is applying his research on moral psychology to business ethics, asking how companies can structure and run themselves in ways that will be resistant to ethical failures (see http://www.ethicalsystems.org/ (EthicalSystems.org)). He is also the co-founder of https://heterodoxacademy.org/ (HeterodoxAcademy.org), a collaboration among nearly 2500 professors who are working to increase viewpoint diversity and freedom of inquiry in universities. From https://jonathanhaidt.com/bio/ (https://jonathanhaidt.com/bio/) Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24853310-the-happiness-hypothesis (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24853310-the-happiness-hypothesis) Audio production by Graham Stephenson Episode music: Caprese by https://www.sessions.blue/ (Blue Dot Sessions) Rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Anchor, Breaker, Google, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify