HAPPINESS PROFESSOR: How to Discover the Meaning of Your Life with Oprah and Arthur C. Brooks
In this episode of The Oprah Podcast, Oprah Winfrey and Harvard social scientist Arthur Brooks explore the growing crisis of meaninglessness in modern life, especially among young people. They discuss how technology, overstimulation, and avoidance of suffering contribute to a “doom loop
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