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Oct 2019
34m 24s

Mistakenly Seeking Solitude

Pushkin Industries
About this episode

Technology allows us to bank, shop and dine without talking to another human, but what toll is this taking on our happiness? The inventor of the ATM and the Talking Heads singer David Byrne join Dr Laurie Santos to explore the ways in which talking to strangers can bring us all genuine joy.  

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