What Arthur Brooks has said about Aging
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 14, 2026
Arthur Brooks, Social scientist, Vanderbilt University professor and Harvard Business School senior fellow who studies happiness, has been quoted on Aging once in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on September 14, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Brooks argues the conventional retirement model of all work followed by all leisure is a recipe for misery.
“It was all suffering without reward. And then it's all reward without suffering. That's neurophysiologically unsound, but it's also philosophically unsound”
Huberman Lab: The Art of True Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:19
Episodes
The Art of True Happiness | Dr. Arthur BrooksHuberman Lab · Sep 14, 2026 · 2 h 50 min
Andrew Huberman and Arthur Brooks discuss the three macronutrients of happiness, the four worldly idols, leisure, addiction, faith, and questions for finding meaning.
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