Jonathan Haidt is a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. (Photo by Tom Cogill)
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Aspen Ideas Festival 2011
The 2011 Ideas Festival, sponsored by the Aspen Institute and Atlantic Magazine, gathered scientists, artists, politicians, historians, educators, activists, and other great thinkers for a week in late June and early July. MPR's Midday broadcast several of the presentations.Aspen Ideas Festival 2011
Where does happiness come from and how do you find it?
Broadcast: Midday, 08/17/2011, 12:00 p.m.
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt speaks at the Aspen Ideas Festival about his book, "The Happiness Hypothesis." It's an examination on how the mind works and the search for happiness and meaning in our lives, using the wisdom of the past as a guide.
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