Arthur Brooks

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Something You Should Know · How Do You Create Happiness? & Why Dogs Behave the Way They Do · 21 Aug 2025 podcast

So let's take the hardest one of all, which is the meaning of life. matched

And I have a lot of data. matched

We've all seen whether we have data or not, that has been an explosion of mood disorders, especially among adults under 35. matched

And mood disorders means depression and anxiety. matched

So sadness and unfocused fear have really gone through the roof. matched

Multiples at two or three times the level of what it was by about 2005. matched

And everybody's asking why? matched

What's going on? matched

And people say it's because of too much social media, because tech is eating our brains or because parents don't raise their kids right or because the kids are a bunch of, you know. matched

delicate flowers or something no no no these are not the explanations the explanation is that it's gotten harder and harder to find the meaning of life i have done a lot of research on this particular topic and it turns out you don't just say go find the meaning of life you're right mike you're like i'm just gonna have breakfast i got it it turns out that people used to do certain things that gave them a big sense of life's meaning that they're not doing anymore matched

It's really important. matched

And by the way, the way that you do this research is super interesting. matched

So the depression and anxiety explosions, we call that a psychogenic epidemic, which is a source of huge, huge misery that's not biological in origin. matched

That's a psychogenic epidemic. matched

And when you see any kind of epidemic, biological or psychological, the first thing you look at is people who are not suffering from it and see how they're different. matched

Well, when we're talking about this explosion, what you find is that there's a minority of young adults that are almost seemingly immune from these mood disorders. matched

And the reason is because they're doing literally six things that bring them a sense of meaning every day. matched

These are the people who are more likely to have deep friendships with whom they have very profound philosophical conversations, which most people don't do anymore because they're distracted by devices. matched

These are people who are more likely to actually be falling in love and taking risks for falling in love and not using dating apps. matched

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