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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Yeah, yeah, and so... So they found out that the default drug dealer made less than minimum wage. And almost all of them were employed. Right, but the reason they were willing to take the risk was because the status kick made them much more reproductively successful. And Deaths among the higher-ups opened up avenues of progress. Right.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Yeah, yeah, and so... So they found out that the default drug dealer made less than minimum wage. And almost all of them were employed. Right, but the reason they were willing to take the risk was because the status kick made them much more reproductively successful. And Deaths among the higher-ups opened up avenues of progress. Right.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Yeah, yeah, and so... So they found out that the default drug dealer made less than minimum wage. And almost all of them were employed. Right, but the reason they were willing to take the risk was because the status kick made them much more reproductively successful. And Deaths among the higher-ups opened up avenues of progress. Right.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

So even though low-level drug dealing didn't even pay minimum wage, the opportunity for status was high. And the relationship between status and reproductive success was unbelievable. Because it's like the relationship between socioeconomic position and male reproductive success is like 0.6. It's insanely high.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

So even though low-level drug dealing didn't even pay minimum wage, the opportunity for status was high. And the relationship between status and reproductive success was unbelievable. Because it's like the relationship between socioeconomic position and male reproductive success is like 0.6. It's insanely high.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

So even though low-level drug dealing didn't even pay minimum wage, the opportunity for status was high. And the relationship between status and reproductive success was unbelievable. Because it's like the relationship between socioeconomic position and male reproductive success is like 0.6. It's insanely high.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Right. And so it's not surprising that young men who are looking to maximize their reproductive success when they have nothing concrete to offer are going to take a high risk, high adventure route because that differentiates them. And even if it's that at the cost of their own skin.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Right. And so it's not surprising that young men who are looking to maximize their reproductive success when they have nothing concrete to offer are going to take a high risk, high adventure route because that differentiates them. And even if it's that at the cost of their own skin.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Right. And so it's not surprising that young men who are looking to maximize their reproductive success when they have nothing concrete to offer are going to take a high risk, high adventure route because that differentiates them. And even if it's that at the cost of their own skin.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Or Canada, for that matter. To take a recent example. Congratulations, by the way.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Or Canada, for that matter. To take a recent example. Congratulations, by the way.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Or Canada, for that matter. To take a recent example. Congratulations, by the way.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Yeah, that's pretty good. Money, power, pleasure, and honor. We've distinguished, we've talked about why happiness. We talked about discernment. We talked about the distinction between pleasure and enjoyment. Okay, so let's bring this down to practicalities.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Yeah, that's pretty good. Money, power, pleasure, and honor. We've distinguished, we've talked about why happiness. We talked about discernment. We talked about the distinction between pleasure and enjoyment. Okay, so let's bring this down to practicalities.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Yeah, that's pretty good. Money, power, pleasure, and honor. We've distinguished, we've talked about why happiness. We talked about discernment. We talked about the distinction between pleasure and enjoyment. Okay, so let's bring this down to practicalities.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Now, you teach leadership courses at Harvard, and I presume that you take a relatively practical approach to your students in relationship to what will constitute happiness. So walk us through that. Like, we talked about the necessity of establishing a goal. And we talked about the conceptualization of happiness. And so how do you make that, how do you ground that in your classes?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Now, you teach leadership courses at Harvard, and I presume that you take a relatively practical approach to your students in relationship to what will constitute happiness. So walk us through that. Like, we talked about the necessity of establishing a goal. And we talked about the conceptualization of happiness. And so how do you make that, how do you ground that in your classes?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Now, you teach leadership courses at Harvard, and I presume that you take a relatively practical approach to your students in relationship to what will constitute happiness. So walk us through that. Like, we talked about the necessity of establishing a goal. And we talked about the conceptualization of happiness. And so how do you make that, how do you ground that in your classes?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

And what have you observed as the effect?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

And what have you observed as the effect?