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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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Arthur Brooks: Why Bumble Embraced Human Nature
The dating app is famous for its requirement that women message first. But last week, it changed its policy due to a simple reality: Most women want men…
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Arthur Brooks: Beware the Facebook Parents’ Group
Does using these groups make your kids’ lives better? What about your own? The answer, I’m afraid to say, is no.
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Arthur Brooks: I Tried to Vacation Like a European. It Was a Disaster.
I’d literally rather electrocute myself than lie on a beach doing nothing.
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Arthur Brooks: Will Socialism Make You Happy?
If you see a belief that appears out of nowhere, if you are suddenly pressured to change your life or views, and especially if you face a social cost…
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Arthur Brooks: Looksmaxxing Is Repulsive
If there was ever a bigger disjunction between technology and evolutionary biology than this, I haven’t seen it.
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Arthur Brooks: The Great Battle Between Ambition and Happiness
I travel nearly every week to teach happiness. But the lifestyle I chose undermines the very thing I study.
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Arthur Brooks: Could a Machine Write This Column?
AI is poised to transform the quest for a ‘better you.’ That has direct implications for my career. But I’m not worried.
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Arthur Brooks: Gen Z’s Great Retreat from Risk
Teen drinking has plummeted. So have dating, marriage, childbearing, and other leaps into adulthood. What looks like prudence may signal a dangerous…
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Arthur Brooks: The Knicks Just Made the Case for Sports Fandom
New Yorkers poured into the streets after the Knicks’ title run, embracing strangers in shared joy. Social science suggests that instinct is good for…
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Arthur Brooks: Why Cheaters Make Bad Politicians
Allegations surrounding politicians like Graham Platner raise a question: Does sexual misconduct predict how candidates will behave in office…
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Arthur Brooks: The Pope’s Guide to the AI Revolution
For all the panic surrounding AI, Pope Leo offers a coherent philosophy for how individuals, leaders, and societies should actually live with it.
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Arthur Brooks: How to Give a Commencement Speech That Isn’t Awful
Most graduation speeches are either bland, preachy, or instantly forgotten. Here are four rules for giving one graduates might actually remember.
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