Bruce Feiler
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802 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 8 Jun
Bruce Feiler’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He was a wise man.
And I used to say about my father, he figured out what I think of as the key to life, which is the balance between short-term sacrifice for long-term gain and enjoying yourself along the way.
That's the first thing I think is the definition of a good life.
But the second thing, in the light of how I've spent the last three years of my life, is the balance between being an individual and being part of a group.
I encountered this phrase, which I really appreciate, which is that we all have a we-I axis, where we balance between the we and the I.
And if I was going to define one problem that is under-discussed in the world today, it's that our we-I axes are off-kilter.
They're off-balance.
Like, I looked it up.
The hashtag self-care on Instagram –
21 million uses.
The hashtag group care, 18.
Like we don't even have a word for how to tend the groups.
So I understand and appreciate and respect and value that caring for yourself, putting yourself first has value on occasion, but we have let our groups atrophy.
And therefore, we all feel existentially homesick and alone.
So what's the definition of a good life is two axes.
On one is the balance between short-time sacrifice and long-term gain.
And the second is being an individual and being a part of not one, but many multiple healthy groups.
Something You Should Know · Why Humans Crave Rituals & How Music Transports Your Mind · 25 May 2026
podcast
We are in this incredible renaissance of new rituals around the world like organ donation or adoption, divorce, cancerversaries, soberversaries.
There is this desire, let's find new ways to be together.
Hi there, Mike, nice to be with you.
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