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The Negative Effects of Prioritizing Money and Status with Johann Hari
23:16 - 31:22 (08:06)
Johann Hari discusses how prioritizing money and status can lead to depression and anxiety, as people tend to look for happiness in the wrong places. He compares the feeling of understanding one's pain to that of being knowledgeable about historical facts.
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The speaker talks about the interesting information and stories that books can provide, and recommends the book "Atomic Habits" by James Clear as one of the best books they have read in recent years.
23:16 - 24:48 (01:32)
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The speaker talks about the interesting information and stories that books can provide, and recommends the book "Atomic Habits" by James Clear as one of the best books they have read in recent years.
ChapterThe Negative Effects of Prioritizing Money and Status with Johann Hari
Episode#172 - Johann Hari - What Are The Real Causes Of Depression?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Understanding one's pain is important, even if it's destabilizing because it gives them a sense of direction.
24:48 - 28:56 (04:08)
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Understanding one's pain is important, even if it's destabilizing because it gives them a sense of direction. Lack of sovereignty, low agency, and unsuccessful attempts at upward mobility lead to increased support for socialism and government-provided solutions to problems.
ChapterThe Negative Effects of Prioritizing Money and Status with Johann Hari
Episode#172 - Johann Hari - What Are The Real Causes Of Depression?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Philosopher and author Johann Hari explains how a "kind of junk values have taken over our minds and made us mentally sick".
28:56 - 29:57 (01:01)
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Philosopher and author Johann Hari explains how a "kind of junk values have taken over our minds and made us mentally sick". Studies by professor Tim Kassar found that the more people prioritized money and status beyond a basic level of financial security, the more likely they are to become depressed and anxious.
ChapterThe Negative Effects of Prioritizing Money and Status with Johann Hari
Episode#172 - Johann Hari - What Are The Real Causes Of Depression?
PodcastModern Wisdom
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to rethink about their values in life seeing that they have been more driven by junk values rather than moments of meaning and connection.
29:57 - 31:22 (01:25)
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to rethink about their values in life seeing that they have been more driven by junk values rather than moments of meaning and connection. Society values have prioritized the billionaires and Instagram influencers who are not the key workers during the pandemic, but instead, people like bus drivers, nurses and cleaners who have been devalued for so long.