Can Money Actually Buy You Happiness? - Dr Mike Israetel | Modern Wisdom 651

Mike Israetel is a bodybuilding and fitness consultant, Temple University professor of Exercise Science, co-founder of Renaissance Periodization and author.

There are thousands of videos online about what it means to be happy and successful, usually all with different conclusions, but most include wealth in some form or another.

Expect to learn why a pessimistic view of life is unrealistic, the extent to which money can buy you happiness, why living in the present moment is overrated, if trading your time for future gains is a smart move, how to find purpose even in jobs you hate, whether worrying about the future will help you be more successful, Mike’s contrarian view on porn, the future of how AI will shape society and much more....

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00:00 Intro
01:07 So Many People Are Pessimists
03:48 Are We Really Worse Off Than Our Grandparents?
14:10 Why Does the Pessimism Bias Exist?
21:16 Why Realism is More Appropriate than Optimism
25:47 How Can Money Buy Happiness?
36:35 Where Money, Happiness & Success Meet
44:42 Overcoming Fear of Ridicule from Working Harder
53:00 How Worrying Destroys Happiness
1:03:11 The Left-Leaning View of Working for Success
1:09:09 Mike’s Concerns with the Current Right-Wing
1:20:35 Is Porn Actually That Bad?
1:30:01 Something is Sedating Young Men
1:41:04 Why Mike Doesn’t Worry About AI’s Alignment Problem
1:51:47 Where to Find Mike

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