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The Situation of Pleasure

Posted by The Situationist Staff on July 10, 2010

From Bloggingheads.tv, Robert Wright interviews Paul Bloom about Paul’s new book (about pleasure, not happiness) “How Pleasure Works: The New Science of What We Like.”

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Paul’s new book, “How Pleasure Works” (03:57)
Stories we tell ourselves about the things that please us (08:34)
Hidden connections between art, racism, and bottled water (17:05)
The allure of cannibalism (07:41)
Strange pleasures of the imagination (10:24)
Would we be better off without awe? (06:28)

This entry was posted on July 10, 2010 at 12:01 am and is filed under Choice Myth, Positive Psychology, Video. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “The Situation of Pleasure”

  1. Happiness and Legal Policy – Abstract « The Situationist said

    September 3, 2010 at 12:01 am

    […] download the paper for free here.  To review a sample of related Situationist posts, see “The Situation of Pleasure,” “Money and the Situation of Happiness,” and “Something to Smile About.” To […]

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