Arthur Brooks

Right, right, right. Dictators admire dictators.

Right, right, right. Dictators admire dictators.

I know. So that's okay. So now we've established that about you. You kicked away power. You got three left. Money, pleasure, and honor. What's next?

I know. So that's okay. So now we've established that about you. You kicked away power. You got three left. Money, pleasure, and honor. What's next?

I know. So that's okay. So now we've established that about you. You kicked away power. You got three left. Money, pleasure, and honor. What's next?

Yeah, yeah. And I would also postulate, correct me if I'm wrong, that given the fact that your material success, among other things, has taught you, using your self-awareness as a behavioral scientist, that there's not that much nice stuff that you can get with money.

Yeah, yeah. And I would also postulate, correct me if I'm wrong, that given the fact that your material success, among other things, has taught you, using your self-awareness as a behavioral scientist, that there's not that much nice stuff that you can get with money.

Yeah, yeah. And I would also postulate, correct me if I'm wrong, that given the fact that your material success, among other things, has taught you, using your self-awareness as a behavioral scientist, that there's not that much nice stuff that you can get with money.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

The things that I love the most are not things you buy. I just, if, you know, people say, if I could keep everything in a knapsack, I would be detached. And I say, no, I would still rent everything I want. The whole point is that, you know, buying stuff is not that interesting.

The things that I love the most are not things you buy. I just, if, you know, people say, if I could keep everything in a knapsack, I would be detached. And I say, no, I would still rent everything I want. The whole point is that, you know, buying stuff is not that interesting.

The things that I love the most are not things you buy. I just, if, you know, people say, if I could keep everything in a knapsack, I would be detached. And I say, no, I would still rent everything I want. The whole point is that, you know, buying stuff is not that interesting.

I know.

I know.

I know.

I have a whole lecture on actually how to buy happiness with money. Oh, yeah. You have to go exactly against your limbic system. Why? Because your limbic system tells you to accumulate resources beyond what you need to show your evolutionary fitness such that you can get more mates and propagate.

I have a whole lecture on actually how to buy happiness with money. Oh, yeah. You have to go exactly against your limbic system. Why? Because your limbic system tells you to accumulate resources beyond what you need to show your evolutionary fitness such that you can get more mates and propagate.

I have a whole lecture on actually how to buy happiness with money. Oh, yeah. You have to go exactly against your limbic system. Why? Because your limbic system tells you to accumulate resources beyond what you need to show your evolutionary fitness such that you can get more mates and propagate.