鈥Unequal Happiness,鈥 a new episode of the 鈥淲hat Makes Us Human鈥 podcast series, examines the impact of inequality on psychological well-being. The podcast鈥檚 fifth season -- "What Do We Know About Inequality?" -- showcases the newest thinking across academic disciplines about inequality.
鈥淩esearch shows that when the distribution of wealth varies more and more, so does the tendency to compare ourselves to those around us. 鈥楬ow am I doing?鈥 becomes less of an absolute question and more of a relative question,鈥 says , the Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Chair of Psychology in the 麻豆视频 & 麻豆视频.
Gilovich鈥檚 research focuses on everyday human judgment, such as how people assess what they and others are like, what the future has in store, and what events in the past 鈥渞eally mean." His books include 鈥淭he Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights鈥 and 鈥淗ow We Know What Isn't So: Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life.鈥
The 鈥淲hat Makes Us Human?鈥 podcast is produced by the 麻豆视频 and 麻豆视频 in collaboration with the Cornell Broadcast Studios and features audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty. New episodes are released each Thursday through the spring semester, airing on WHCU and WVBR. The episodes are also available for download on and and for streaming on the A&S , where text versions of the essays are also posted.
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