
549: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness | Dr. Robert Waldinger
23 January 2023 - 1 hour 2 minsToday’s guest is the man in charge of the world’s longest scientific study of happiness, a study that has been running since 1938.
Dr. Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General Hospital, and co-founder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. He is also a Zen master and teaches meditation in New England and around the world. His TED Talk is one of the most viewed of all time, with over 43 million views. He’s the co-author, along with Dr. Marc Schulz, of The Good Life.
In this episode we talk about:
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