Positive Psychology: Jonathan Haidt and Yuval Noah Harari: Adapting to Change in an Accelerating World

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Jonathan Haidt and Yuval Noah Harari: Adapting to Change in an Accelerating World

Watch social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt speak with historian and author Yuval Noah Harari, about our most pressing challenges in an accelerating, tech-driven world -- and how they manifest in social media, mental health, and the polarization of politics.

Originally featured in an October 2021 event organized by the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

https://youtu.be/wlmtuKCWG7s

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."