Arthur Brooks

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491 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 1 Aug

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The Rubin Report · How to Use AI Without Damaging Your Brain, the Science of Looksmaxxing & Leisure | Arthur Brooks · 1 Aug 2026 podcast

But it can obviously be taken to ridiculous terminus. matched

If you're taking a hammer to your jaw, for Pete's sake, or if you're spending endless amounts of money with an unending string of cosmetic surgeries, you're taking it too far. matched

It's probably lowering your quality of life. matched

I'm better than I was. matched

And one of the reasons I study happiness and I teach people to be happiness teachers, actually. matched

So, you know, for our listeners who, I mean, you asked me to introduce myself, I'm a college professor too. matched

I teach at Vanderbilt University and Harvard University. matched

And so, you know, I teach really, really great students. matched

about the science of happiness, because I want them to be happiness teachers. matched

And the reason I've done this for the past seven years, after leaving my executive job running the American Enterprise Institute, which is a very different line of work, is because I wanted to be happier. matched

And look, I had the technology. matched

I knew the research. matched

And I said, I'm not living this. matched

And I'm not a very happy person. matched

I'm extremely burnt out. matched

I'm very anxious. matched

I'm a little depressed. matched

And so I walked, I went for a long walk. matched

This is what we Catholics do. matched

And we can't figure out the answer to a question. matched

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