Get Happier, Help Others: Some Good Ideas About Giving

Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

Pushkin Industries

Business, Society & Culture, Sports

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

It's the season of giving: colorful paper and shiny bows, sure, and charitable giving, too. In this special episode, Jacob Goldstein, the host of What's Your Problem, gets smart about donating.

Did you know that spending money on others makes you happier than spending money on yourself? Or that altruistic nerds have discovered four of the most impactful charities in the world (per dollar spent)? Have you ever wondered how poker players think about giving?

Dr. Laurie Santos from The Happiness Lab, Elie Hassenfeld of GiveWell, and Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova from Risky Business talk about how to maximize your giving – and why you’ll be happy you did.

Link to donate: https://givingmultiplier.org/happinesslab

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0:00.0	Pushkin.
0:08.8	Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks, and listeners everywhere rejoiced.
0:14.9	Oh, yeah.
0:15.7	Because now they could listen to one audiobook title a month from an enormous library of popular
0:20.8	audiobook titles including
0:22.5	Romanticie
0:23.4	autobiographies, true crime
0:26.8	and more
0:28.1	suddenly listeners didn't mind sitting in traffic
0:30.6	or even missing their flight
0:32.2	Amazon Music Unlimited now includes
0:34.4	audible. No way! Download the Amazon
0:36.4	Music app now to start listening.
0:38.4	Terms Apply.
0:42.1	I'm Jacob Goldstein.
0:43.7	I host a Pushkin podcast called What's Your Problem?
0:46.6	And I am here randomly talking to you right now because today is the day before giving
0:52.5	Tuesday.
0:53.8	Giving Tuesday, as you may already know, is the Tuesday after
0:57.3	Thanksgiving, and it's supposed to be the day we give money to charity. And I'm going to be honest with you.
1:03.9	In my middle-aged, somewhat calcified heart, I cringe a little bit every time I hear the phrase
1:10.1	Giving Tuesday.
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