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The Pursuit of Happiness with Arthur Brooks
What is happiness? And why is it so hard to achieve? Arthur Brooks guides readers towards the good life.
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Screens Are Stressing You Out of Your Mind
Every era has its social contagions. In the 18th century, it was romantic despair. In 2026, it’s the compulsive scroll—and it’s rewiring our stress…
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Arthur Brooks: So You Got Dumped. What Next?
If you’re in intense pain after a breakup, you are normal. But in the meantime, a few science-backed methods can help lower your suffering.
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Arthur Brooks: Why Are Young People Choosing OnlyFans over Love?
The answer, I believe, is fear.
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Arthur Brooks: Opposites Really Do Attract
If you have dated a good many people but haven’t felt much of a spark with anybody, the answer might be to stop looking for your cultural twin.
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Arthur Brooks: Can We All Relax About Bad Bunny’s Spanish Halftime Show?
A willingness to not entirely understand, and to not be entirely understood, is essential for an enriching life.
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Arthur Brooks: Suffer Like a Marine
Either you can try—fruitlessly, as long as you are in this mortal coil—to eliminate pain, or you can lower your resistance to pain when it inevitably…
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Arthur Brooks: Therapy Won’t Make You Happier. And That’s Okay.
A student once asked me if taking my happiness class meant she could quit therapy. The question speaks to a fundamental societal misconception about…
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Arthur Brooks: Get Off Your Parents’ Phone Plan
An excessively dependent relationship between parents and their adult children breeds coldness and mutual resentment, if not outright schism.
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Arthur Brooks: Family Estrangement Is a Tragedy
Cutting ties with a family member has the same effect in our brains as the death of a loved one.
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Arthur Brooks: Popularity Won’t Make You Happy
There’s a misconception that if you’re beloved by millions, you’re doing something right.
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Arthur Brooks: Do GLP-1s Make Us Happy?
From weight-loss drugs to hair transplants, science offers faster ways to change how we look. But does removing struggle actually improve well-being?
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Arthur Brooks: The Problem with Your New Year’s Resolution
It’s the second week of 2026. You probably already broke your resolution. That’s because you made one that was destined to fail.
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