Alain de Botton: Finding calm through pessimism
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English - April 18, 2020 23:05 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBNews Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Alain de Botton says that while it is natural to worry, the truth is that Homo sapiens are a resilient species that have been through extraordinary cycles of suffering and joy. He says one of the fastest routes to calm is through pessimism.