Feb 19, 2022
Join me for a fascinating conversation with Arthur
Brooks, where we talk about two of his 12 books,
Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save
America From the Culture of Contempt and From Strength to Strength: Finding Success,
Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life, his
new book just released this week.
Because we talk about both books, it is a wide-ranging
conversation, but I think I can summarize it by using
Arthur's words from this episode. He talks about how we see
ourselves and others as objects when he
said, "When you can't humanize yourself, good luck humanizing
anyone else."
I invited Arthur to this
podcast after reading his book, Love Your Enemies, where I
heard a strong and rare voice in our current climate of
divisiveness, urging us to look past the illusion of our
separateness. A Buddhist theme, for sure. Or as Arthur said, "The
sound of one hand clapping is an illusion, just like the illusion
of the separateness of different people."
Go to https://arthurbrooks.com/ for more
about his books, podcast, and speaking engagements.
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