Person
Cassie Holmes
Guest; professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management; author *Happier Hour*
Professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, teaching "Applying the Science of Happiness to Life Design" to MBA students. Author of Happier Hour. Two-part guest: why time scarcity makes people less kind, why too much unstructured free time also reduces happiness, and why giving time away paradoxically makes people feel like they have more of it (Episode 129), then hedonic adaptation and concrete tips to counter it — novelty, treating time as scarce, exercise, presence (Episode 131).
Discussed in
- Episode 129 — 129-can-too-much-free-time-make-you-unhappy
- Episode 131 — 131-tips-for-living-a-happier-life-according-to-science
- Episode 162 — 162-the-best-of-nudge-in-2023 (year-end recap, hedonic adaptation)