Arthur Brooks
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 11 Jul
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people and memory to that, and then you deliver that experience to the conscious executive centers of the brain called the prefrontal cortex, and then it becomes enjoyment, which truly is part of happiness.
Many people don't know how to pursue that.
Either they have the old hippie dictum, if it feels good, do it,
which is problematic and actually disastrous in a lot of people's lives, or they feel bad about enjoying their lives because they feel like they're going backwards and they're not putting points on the board.
So I have to give a lot of very successful people enjoyment lessons.
That's part one.
Yeah.
So if you're doing something that gives you pleasure and could be addictive and you're doing it alone, you're probably doing it wrong.
That's what it comes down to.
That's a pretty good rule.
If I find you at four o'clock in the morning in Vegas pulling the lever on the one-armed bandit, we'll have a conversation.
This has become pleasure and not enjoyment.
But if you're at the blackjack table prudently
wagering money that you can afford with your best friends, that's enjoyment.
Good for you.
You should be careful with addictive things in general.
But this is why the internet is so dangerously addictive.
For example, this is why pornography is so bad.
I know nobody who looks socially at pornography.
It's like, hey, let's get our old friends.
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