Episode · EconTalk · 2024-04-01
Books mentioned on A User's Guide to Our Emotional Thermostat (with Adam Mastroianni)
Can you be too happy? Psychologist Adam Mastroianni talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about our emotional control systems, which seem to work at bringing both sadness and happiness back to a steady baseline.
Adam Mastroianni recommended Endurance by Alfred Lansing, and discussed Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Endurance
Endurance by Alfred Lansing is a gripping historical non-fiction account detailing Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and the harrowing survival story of his stranded crew.
Recommended“for instance um a friend of mine encouraged me to read this book endurance about shackleton's an Arctic Expedition and which goes horribly wrong immediately”
Where to get it
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Being Wrong
Being Wrong is a nonfiction book by Kathryn Schulz that explores the psychology, philosophy, and inevitability of human error and changing one's mind.
Discussed“i'm reading this book right now called being wrong by katherine schultz who points out like there is no State like psychological state of of like oh i'm wrong about this thing”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Wild Problems
“u know the idea that i write about this in my book wild problems”