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It was described as a book that discussed the concept of 'The Rich Life', suggesting that people's idea of a good life involves happiness and also stimulation and learning.
And what I want to say about that is there's a paper that I read recently that I loved and I think it was called The Rich Life by Aaron Westgate and somebody else.
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It was described as a book that discussed the concept of 'The Rich Life', suggesting that people's idea of a good life involves happiness and also stimulation and learning.
And what I want to say about that is there's a paper that I read recently that I loved and I think it was called The Rich Life by Aaron Westgate and somebody else.
And it made a striking claim, which is that when people think about the good life like what they want in life, there's some element of that which is happiness, like feelings of joy and pride and comfort, the absence of negative feelings.
People probably think of their relationships and how they have meaning and purpose, but they also think about The Rich Life, which they defined as essentially the curious life, the life of stimulation and of learning.