Dr. Ethan Kross

And I may, in fact, do some bad things, right? I may, you know, use unhealthy tools, substances that really can very powerfully, you know, substance abuse I'm talking about, that can modulate my emotions, but has some negative consequences. So it's about what are my goals for me for my emotional life? And do I possess the tools that allow me to accomplish those goals?

And I may, in fact, do some bad things, right? I may, you know, use unhealthy tools, substances that really can very powerfully, you know, substance abuse I'm talking about, that can modulate my emotions, but has some negative consequences. So it's about what are my goals for me for my emotional life? And do I possess the tools that allow me to accomplish those goals?

And I may, in fact, do some bad things, right? I may, you know, use unhealthy tools, substances that really can very powerfully, you know, substance abuse I'm talking about, that can modulate my emotions, but has some negative consequences. So it's about what are my goals for me for my emotional life? And do I possess the tools that allow me to accomplish those goals?

I think that is a formula for the good life. Hey, here are the goals that I have. And if these are healthy, productive goals and I have the means to achieve them, that should bring me a sense of satisfaction. Sometimes our goals, of course, aren't optimal and we use that maybe controversial word, but we do change our goals throughout our life.

I think that is a formula for the good life. Hey, here are the goals that I have. And if these are healthy, productive goals and I have the means to achieve them, that should bring me a sense of satisfaction. Sometimes our goals, of course, aren't optimal and we use that maybe controversial word, but we do change our goals throughout our life.

I think that is a formula for the good life. Hey, here are the goals that I have. And if these are healthy, productive goals and I have the means to achieve them, that should bring me a sense of satisfaction. Sometimes our goals, of course, aren't optimal and we use that maybe controversial word, but we do change our goals throughout our life.

But it's about finding the right set of goals for us as individuals and then identifying the tools that we can use to bring those goals to fruition.

But it's about finding the right set of goals for us as individuals and then identifying the tools that we can use to bring those goals to fruition.

But it's about finding the right set of goals for us as individuals and then identifying the tools that we can use to bring those goals to fruition.

Yeah, I mean, they're mechanistically, you know, we understand the mechanisms that are... underlying the benefits of these tools. They are easy to implement and not always, but for a lot of them, they're easy. And I think that's in part where their power resides. We are still trying to understand how the brain functions. As you well know, you've contributed to this.

Yeah, I mean, they're mechanistically, you know, we understand the mechanisms that are... underlying the benefits of these tools. They are easy to implement and not always, but for a lot of them, they're easy. And I think that's in part where their power resides. We are still trying to understand how the brain functions. As you well know, you've contributed to this.

Yeah, I mean, they're mechanistically, you know, we understand the mechanisms that are... underlying the benefits of these tools. They are easy to implement and not always, but for a lot of them, they're easy. And I think that's in part where their power resides. We are still trying to understand how the brain functions. As you well know, you've contributed to this.

I've worked on this a little bit myself too. The brain is a remarkably complicated organ and we still have a lot to learn. I'm a big fan of trying to understand how phenomena like emotion play out at different levels of analysis, at the psychological level of thinking and feeling, but also at the biological level in terms of patterns of neural activity and hormones and so forth and so on.

I've worked on this a little bit myself too. The brain is a remarkably complicated organ and we still have a lot to learn. I'm a big fan of trying to understand how phenomena like emotion play out at different levels of analysis, at the psychological level of thinking and feeling, but also at the biological level in terms of patterns of neural activity and hormones and so forth and so on.

I've worked on this a little bit myself too. The brain is a remarkably complicated organ and we still have a lot to learn. I'm a big fan of trying to understand how phenomena like emotion play out at different levels of analysis, at the psychological level of thinking and feeling, but also at the biological level in terms of patterns of neural activity and hormones and so forth and so on.

And so I think there's great hope that we will be able to eventually down the road, Try to help people manage their emotions through multiple different sources of intervention, through the pharmacological level, through the behavioral level, through the interpersonal level. But it's a messy, messy space right now.

And so I think there's great hope that we will be able to eventually down the road, Try to help people manage their emotions through multiple different sources of intervention, through the pharmacological level, through the behavioral level, through the interpersonal level. But it's a messy, messy space right now.

And so I think there's great hope that we will be able to eventually down the road, Try to help people manage their emotions through multiple different sources of intervention, through the pharmacological level, through the behavioral level, through the interpersonal level. But it's a messy, messy space right now.

And I think one of the big problems is, and this is in part gets to bigger questions about science and how science is done. it can be hard to cross levels of analysis. And there are multiple practical constraints that become active here.

And I think one of the big problems is, and this is in part gets to bigger questions about science and how science is done. it can be hard to cross levels of analysis. And there are multiple practical constraints that become active here.