Brad Wilcox is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and Director of the National Marriage Project. Why are some people naturally happier than others? Whether it’s genetics, upbringing, or life circumstances, how can you finally rediscover joy and feel like your true self again? Expect to learn why young liberal women are so unhappy and why in contrasts conservative women are happier, if finding your one true soulmate is actually a myth, if people should be pursuing happiness instead of marriage, the factors that predict social mobility and how people can rise up out of poverty, what you can learn about the heritability of family desire and family stability, the current state of American politics based on the demographic results of the last election, and much more…
Mentioned Books
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson
- Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class by Rob Henderson
- The Two-Parent Advantage by Melissa Kearney
- The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff
- Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society by Nicholas Christakis
- Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It by Richard V. Reeves