What’s the Key to Happiness? Lessons from the World’s Longest Happiness Study | Amanpour and Company
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- Опубліковано 30 січ 2023
- Dr. Robert Waldinger is director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which has been investigating the human experience since 1938. Now he’s sharing his findings in a new book, "The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness," and he explains all to Walter Isaacson.
Originally aired on January 31, 2023
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@2:42 You have to be very privileged and socially unaware to think "less privileged" people are dying at a younger age because they just didn't know that they should take care of themselves. Taking care of yourself is a privilege. It requires money to see great doctors, eat great food, go on amazing holidays, see therapists, live in unpolluted environments, live in safe environments, etc. It's access that they were lacking, not merely awareness.
Thank you!!! Let alone stress of poverty, toxic environmental issues in communities that are poor, issues of race- and the terrorizing of people of color, poor immigrants, all of it. How he can be so stupid and so respected in a country whose medical establishments experimented in black people and other people of color, sterilized women without their knowledge or consent, on and on, and keeps calling them some generic disadvantaged communities- when part of the real issue is the absolutely skewed and unfairly advantaged communities that in so many ways have built their wealth and advantages on the backs of others.
He speaks with no context. That is just ignorant. That is what he has gone with Thank you!!! Let alone stress of poverty, toxic environmental issues in communities that are poor, issues of race- and the terrorizing of people of color, poor immigrants, all of it. How he can be so stupid and so respected in a country whose medical establishments experimented in black people and other people of color, sterilized women without their knowledge or consent, on and on, and keeps calling them some generic disadvantaged communities- when part of the real issue is the absolutely skewed and unfairly advantaged communities that in so many ways have built their wealth and advantages on the backs of others.
He speaks with no context. That is just ignorant. That is what he has gone with his fancy education. I find it disgusting.
Agreed!!!
Giving a dog the best life possible increases our own happiness 100 fold. IMHO
Are you with the same organization that George Santos worked for?
Being a good dog owner.
The same goes for cat owners too 😺
@@leeboriack8054... where did you get your training to be a sociopath?
Cleaning up feces doesn’t appeal to everyone
My father was military and we lived in Hawaii for 3 1/2 years in 1964. We lived in a rural area a block away from the beach and the experience was wonderful. Problem was being the "only" Black child in school had its struggles. I never fit in and was bullied constantly. My parent's were warm and loving and I had 4 siblings. That was good we love each other, we were taught too. I prayed that God would send me a friend. He directed me to the library and that started a lifetime of love for books and reading. I became content. So in some ways I'm less attached to people but I continue to miss my faith services and the community. So, reading and learning about our history is very important to me. Even if authority figures attack our history go to a library or research on line because no one has a right to say our history doesn't matter. It matters to me.
February 1st 2023 is National Freedom Day in America. The first Day of Black History Month. Learn more about our history. Learn more about your history it'll make you happier. 😁
Ron DeSantis... in part you're responding to him, and others, who want to ban books and limit education about people of color and their history.
At 85 years of age, I totally agree with you about the value of relationships in one’s life as the key to a feeling of continued well being. Thank you so much!
Thank you, our joy/happiness is found in the wonder of us all being here now and the sharing/helping each other with that experience.
As a dedicated loner, I have to disagree with the part about other people. I find other people a huge source of anxiety and boredom. It is seldom that I find someone to be friends with, and I do have a very few long-term friends. I am quite content with my own company and truly enjoy my time alone. My husband is also a loner, so we give each other the time and space to be alone. We have been happily married for 41 years.
Most people tend to drain my energy.
You have a husband, so you are not completely alone. When he dies or enters care and you are left alone, you may deeply regret your isolation.
@@Cathy-xi8cb I have been isolated my whole life. Being an only child, Air Force brat who went to 24 schools in 12 years so I could never really make any friends, poorly socialized, plus a highly eccentric personality means that other people think I am weird and are uncomfortable around me. I still find other people a huge source of anxiety and boredom at age 75. Non-loners do not understand wanting to be alone, even though loners are evolutionarily valuable because when the main group moves on geographically (hunter gatherers follow game migration), the loners tend to stay where they are. Thus, dividing up the gene pool insures that the species will survive in case the main group dies from a pandemic.
@Google Sucks Ass Oh? I'm not a hermit. I have to interact with people, unfortunately. But I thank you for proving me right about my decision to embrace a loner lifestyle.
@Google Sucks Ass Yawn.
A relationship to good people is good. A relationship to bad people is bad.
I spend too many years giving the benefit of the doubt to people who said sneaky hurtful things. I'd thing 'she really didn't meant that'. If since learned to avoid such people.
Excellent interview. Thank you
If money can't buy you happiness is because you are not spending it right... In other words, happiness lies not in what you have but what you share...
Valuable insights and perspectives. Thank you for sharing! Great resource for anyone looking to understand the topic better.
Even when we’re together, we can’t pay attention to each other. Good points about community, too. We need each other in an altruistic way.
Some ppl are born into difficult times and situations, and even before they´re born...
Why is it named "rich" and "underprivileged" not "overprivileged" and "poor"?
I applaud your thinking. 👍
Wow! That was a superb interview. Thank you.
Very good advice
Nothing to do about education related to college!!!!!!
Access to things such as economic opportunities or security to preserve family which is often related to economic conditions
Excellent recommendations!❤
I doubt this is what Dr. Waldinger believes, but from the interview I got the impression that he's saying that relationships with other people are always good. I don't agree with that. I think like our relationship with Facebook or UA-cam... it depends. Yes, a meaningful, fulfilling relationship could develop unexpectedly, but I don't agree that it's wise to sit around and wait for this ship to come in... sort of speak. I can't really find a meaningful place with humans, even with family. I like cats. Perhaps because it seems cats need me more than humans. Humans typically just seem to have so many things going... I often just seem to irritate them and they brush me off. I like cats... oh, I guess I already said that.
There's also a sense that certain some members have put a bull's eye on older people which brings a sense of unease.
very American it feels sometimes
Dr. Robert seems happy. 😀
Happiness is being the best you are able to be, without attention.
"I read to entertain myself, to educate myself, as a way to enlighten myself--as a way to challenge my beliefs about myself."
~ Le Var Burton, American actor, director, writer, and activist
"The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren't worth anything. But our parents said it wasn't so, and our churches and our schoolteachers said it wasn't so. They believed in us, and we, therefore, believed in ourselves."
~ Marian Wright Edelman, American lawyer, activist, writer, and founder of the Children's Defense Fund
In every campaign, he should talk for just 5 minutes, to make voters focus on the right issues!
I guess I never had a strong connection with a caring adult when I was a child.
Now that’s a nice guy!!✅👋
The logical conclusion from the fact that we have a certain happiness set-point (default) to which we revert regardless of whether we win the lottery--and by extension independent of the relationships we form and the level of achievement we attain--is that character is destiny. Our temperament decrees our level of happiness. But clearly this is not the happiness of life in general, but of the happiness defined by mood. So we have moved here from the eudaemonic to the concept of happiness as cheerfulness. For the quality of life in general or our existential contentment will arguably be quite responsive to what we make of life. Our temperamental level of good cheer, on the other hand, is no accomplishment at all but the gift of genetic fate.
Within the first 10 minutes of this intrview, I think that some correction to the interviewee's assessment needs to be made. Underprivileged people living 10 years less than the privilged cannot be oversimplified to be about the underprivileged not getting correct messages about taking care of health. That is but one of a myriad of ostensible factors. An underprivileged person is likely to live in a food desert so access to fresh and healthy foods become limited. Even if they have access, can they afford to make the purchases? That is, can they afford the time or can they afford the money. I speak of time because it is not unusual for underprivileged people to work multiple jobs or are trying to work and go to school or some other variation of necessary activities just to survive--things that privileged people do not have to do. Additionally, the underprivileged are more likely to not have health insurance or have low quality insurance--both of which make going to the doctor a huge cost calculation EACH time. Finally, what about the impact of the stress of survival on one's health. There have been numerous studies showing the link between stress and disease. These are simply some of the numerous factors affecting longevity between the privileged and underprivileged and we do a great disservice by oversimplifying these factors.
Community participation tends to go down in all demographic groups the greater the diversity of society at large. See Putnam: E Pluribus Unum: immigration and ethnic diversity tend to reduce social solidarity and social capital. In response, people are more likely to stay home in front of their screens (= increasing loneliness). Something to bear in mind as we preach the benefits of globalism, a world without national borders, and diversity.
Lip-service is euphemistically but emptily paid to this by referring to the "breakdown of traditional structures."
Where is the distinction between temperamental cheerfulness and eudaemonic contentment (the sense of being efficacious = recognized as contributing, self-actualized, etc.) in life on the whole? It is possible to be highly self-actualized yet melancholic. In fact, the correlation between being an artist/scientist/philosopher etc. and being filled with dispirit was remarked upon by Aristotle.
"If we love a child, and the child senses that that we love him, he will get a concept of love that all subsequent hatred in the world will never be able to destroy."
~ Howard Thurman (1899-1981), American scholar, writer, orator, educator, and theologian
Definitely ask all the deeply loved children that have witnessed a parent shot dead in front of them, or murdered by the other parent, and ask them how things are going. Report back here. We can wait.
Wait a minute...there are adversities that are not possible to overcome. Terminal diseases, horrible childhoods without a support person, adding poverty, abuse, and illness together. Every person is unique, and there are simply people who do not have "resources" sufficient to overcome adversity. This is real. These people suffer and there is no good answer to having insufficient resources. I would commit criminal acts in a minute to prevent living in NYC public housing or remain with an abusive partner.
Happiness comes from feeling in control of how we spend our Time.
Our Human currency.
The number of hours spent in paid enterprise - to cover the cost of "living" - reduces the hours available to engage in the unpaid enterprise of self determined living. Life!
Nurturing relationships, parenting, etc takes Time. Engaging in learning, society and contributing to politics takes Time.
Humanity requires Time - to explore, discover, question, think, imagine, invent, dream, plan, communicate, collaborate, create and innovate our way out of challenges present and future.
Humanity does not exist to serve a global business model - we need an economic system that pays us ALL the cost of living - $ paid for the hours of Time spent in unpaid enterprise essential to human happiness and survival.
"The whole world opened to me when I learned to read."
~ Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, and activist
The pandemic also brought about that businesses want everything done on-line. There is much less human contact and a sense that people want to be bothered with you. The companies can hire fewer employees so the ones there don't have time for one on one.
You will never receive emotional connection from an in-person sale. Not even on "Little House on the Prairie" was that true.
Just study the influence of ACE´s in the lives of ppl and the impact, if you don´t have enough money to pay your utilities doesn´t matter how many friends you have.
Too much overthinking. It’s as easy as deciding whether one wants to be happy. Everyone has problems.
easier said than done actually for me; with a chaotic ball of thoughts
It seems that most of these are “chicken or egg” situations.
And extreme poverty and austerity. No UBI.
Exceptions perhaps, are some Autism Spectrum People. Myself and other ASD people I know, are far more content with less social contact. I believe we find great meaning, fulfillment and yes connection, through interests, activities and deeds (even deliberately anonymous community deeds). Also animals are often preferable stand ins for people.
Wait until you experience a medical, financial, or environmental crisis. Then see how it goes as you try to navigate getting help and do not know how to interact to get the best results.
@@Cathy-xi8cb well yes, this is a legitimate issue faced daily. I don't think you quite know about ASD
@@eschwarz1003 I am part of the treatment team that teaches the skills for community navigation. Have been for over 25 years. Try getting your support animal to make a medical appointment for you, speak with your physical therapist about your condition, or get results from your insurance company.
Money doesn’t buy happiness says the Harvard tenured prof sitting up there in his Backbay honky paradise.
A study of happiness that does not look into the experience of envy can only be profoundly superficial. Consuming other peoples staged happy moments makes us feel less happy because invidious comparisons give rise to envy (or precisely--the sense that other people have what I lack). Why is it so hard to spell out? Because envy is shameful.
Envy is what equalization (or 'equity' as the equality of outcomes) is supposed to obviate.
Isn't that just the difference between the introvert and the extrovert?
Walter - you should have asked your guest about intentional racism black Americans faced daily and how our happiness depends on how we navigate around it. So tired of the under privileged and privileged examples. We live in an unjust hateful world so why in the hell would I want to learn about what makes me happy. The majority of white people are happy to practice racism on non white people especially black people. See you on the other side and I hope how we live our lives now, determines how we live our next life. I truly hate racism because it takes away part of your intended life.
Life is suffering.... Buddha