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Every book Robert Waldinger recommended on podcasts
Robert Waldinger appears on podcasts like Modern Wisdom and The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett as an expert on human health, long-term happiness, and social relationships, drawing extensively insights from longitudinal scientific research. Throughout his appearances, Waldinger emphasizes the vital importance of social capital, community ties, and genuine human connection for overall well-being. To support these concepts, he references several influential books and academic texts. Waldinger discusses Robert Putnam's classic sociology book Bowling Alone to illustrate the historical and ongoing decline of community involvement and social capital in modern society. In exploring the complexities of human happiness and daily contentment, he also uses Margaret Wise Brown's children's book Goodnight Moon, which was shared with him by a mother to illustrate the fine distinctions between hedonic pleasures and eudaimonic well-being. Additionally, podcast discussions touch upon Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's Don't Trust Your Gut, which examines modern data-driven approaches to understanding human behavior and life choices. Through these diverse literary and sociological references, Waldinger underscores that true fulfillment and longevity stem predominantly from deep, meaningful relationships and active community participation rather than purely material pursuits.
Books recommended by Robert Waldinger
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Don't Trust Your Gut
Don't Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data-driven non-fiction book that uses big data and empirical research to help people make better decisions about major life choices, including health, happiness, and romantic relationships.
Recommended“so um when you I will send it over on email afterward that book don't trust your gut by Seth um he tries to dig into this as well”
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Bowling Alone
Bowling Alone by Robert D.
Discussed“there is a sociologist named Robert Putnam in at Harvard actually who wrote a book in the 80s called bowling alone in which he studied what he called our investment in Social Capital”
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Goodnight Moon
Discussed“and I've read her the book Goodnight Moon seven times and she says mommy read it to me one more time one more time and and I'm exhausted right I've had or I'm I'm just so exhausted I'm falling asleep reading this book am I having fun reading Goodnight Moon for the eighth time”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“uh so we have a book website it's thegoodlifebook.com um but in addition you could go to our study website”