What Do BDSM & Meditation Have In Common? | Professor Paul Bloom | Modern Wisdom Podcast 120

Paul Bloom is an author and a Professor of Psychology at Yale. Why is suffering a cause of pleasure for some people? What do BDSM, being robbed, extreme sports and meditation have in common? How does pleasure work? Why is empathy bad and what is the case for rational compassion? Why do we love people who have died? One of my favourite conversations this year, do not miss this. Extra Stuff: Follow Professor Bloom on Twitter - https://twitter.com/paulbloomatyale Buy Against Empathy - https://amzn.to/32G5SD3 Buy How Pleasure Works - https://amzn.to/2CHRteQ Starting Therapy Video - https://youtu.be/jK-mw8rXziY Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom #psychology #empathy #paulbloom - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

Paul BloomguestChris Williamsonhost

Nov 14, 20191h 5mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: November 14, 2019
Duration: 1h 5m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Paul Bloom is an author and a Professor of Psychology at Yale. Why is suffering a cause of pleasure for some people? What do BDSM, being robbed, extreme sports and meditation have in common? How does pleasure work? Why is empathy bad and what is the case for rational compassion? Why do we love people who have died? One of my favourite conversations this year, do not miss this. Extra Stuff: Follow Professor Bloom on Twitter - https://twitter.com/paulbloomatyale Buy Against Empathy - https://amzn.to/32G5SD3 Buy How Pleasure Works - https://amzn.to/2CHRteQ Starting Therapy Video - https://youtu.be/jK-mw8rXziY Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom #psychology #empathy #paulbloom - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

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Paul Bloom
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Chris Williamson
host
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Paul Bloom and Chris Williamson, What Do BDSM & Meditation Have In Common? | Professor Paul Bloom | Modern Wisdom Podcast 120 explores paul Bloom Explores Empathy’s Flaws, Tribalism, and Productive Suffering Chris Williamson interviews Yale psychologist Paul Bloom about empathy, morality, tribalism, and why we sometimes seek out suffering. Bloom argues that emotional empathy (feeling others’ pain) is biased, exhausting, and often a poor moral guide, and proposes “rational compassion” as a better foundation for ethics and helping others. They discuss in‑group/out‑group psychology, the naturalness of tribalism and revenge, and how modern society increasingly tries to transcend some of our evolved instincts. Bloom also previews his upcoming book on why people willingly pursue painful experiences—from BDSM and horror films to intense exercise and challenging life projects—and how suffering is intertwined with meaning and the good life.

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