Sean talks with Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy about the crisis lurking beneath America’s political dysfunction. Murphy’s new book “Crisis of the Common Good” argues that the country is suffering from a collapse of connection, belonging, and purpose. They discuss loneliness, powerlessness, liberalism, democracy, Trumpism, corporate power, social media, and why […]
Sean talks with University of Chicago psychologist Nicholas Epley about the strange gap between our need to be social and how social we choose to be. They explore why we underestimate how good conversations will feel, why awkwardness looms so large in our minds, and how small acts of connection […]
Almost a decade ago, Tom Nichols warned that Americans were losing respect for expertise. He didn’t expect things to get this bad. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Sean talks with Nichols about his 2017 book “The Death of Expertise” and what’s happened since: why people don’t just distrust experts but […]
Can a wearable AI “friend” solve the male loneliness epidemic? Ronny Chieng sits down with the founders of two competing AI necklace companies to find out how their products work, what the public thinks about the technology, and whether the bad blood between the two men can be resolved before […]
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15 profound thoughts from the minds of some of history’s greatest philosophers, writers, scientists, and thinkers. If you are interested in supporting the channel, you can donate to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/pursuitofwonder
Charles Bukowski reads a version of his poem, “The Crunch.” In which, he describes how the cruelties and corruptions of humankind lead us to all feel alone and alienated from one another. He implies that this is merely a feature of our nature and can not be avoided. That fundamentally […]
New Pursuit of Wonder book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D4VSD88 In an age where information overload has caused traditional meaning to be lost and replaced with a discontent for humanity, we have found ourselves with a generation of sadness, loneliness, and hopelessness. In this video, we explore our take on the outlook of this […]
It is not as if the internet and age of information is bad, but it’s not as if it’s good. In this video, we explore why during an era where there is more information than ever about how to live and be happy, we are more confused and less happy […]
New Pursuit of Wonder book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D4VSD88 “The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.” – Arthur Schopenhauer. In this video, we explore the paradoxical idea of how wanting happiness may not be the best way of finding it. If you are interested […]
