Alain de Botton
23 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 7 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 18, 2024 by Alain de Botton · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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Nov 18, 2024
Alain de Botton: Children absorb parental beliefs through subtle micro-moments
“But there's lots of indirect ways in which one person can influence another by suggesting what would make them happy, what they believe in. You don't have to, you know, you can talk about one thing and actually be talking about another. And when children grow …”
Nov 18, 2024
Alain de Botton: Society Pursues Wealth for Respect, Not Materialism
“People often say we're very materialistic nowadays. We're not particularly materialistic. What we are is we're hungry for status, for love, respect, dignity, and we live in a world in which that status is available via the acquisition of material goods.”
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De Botton: Remote work benefits self-motivated workers with clear internal goals
“There are many people who are actually quite, you know, well motivated. They can see the goal. They don't need a reminder of their colleague. They got the colleagues in their heads. They don't need to see the building. They don't need to see the logo. They don…”
Nov 18, 2024
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De Botton: Isolation in remote work can trigger existential identity crises
“There's a working identity crisis that can be spurred by remote working, which is, you know, I trained as an accountant, I took the exams, I'm now part of a gigantic accounting firm, et cetera, but now it's 12 o'clock, and I've been in my room, and I'm very fa…”
Nov 18, 2024 negative
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Nov 18, 2024
De Botton: Adult independence stems from unconditional childhood love
“And, you know, and on the whole, psychologists would argue, you know, I think it's almost common sense, that the amount of independence that you're capable of in adulthood is directly related to the amount of love and esteem you were given as a child from peop…”
Nov 18, 2024
De Botton: Office work provides relief through professional inauthenticity
“Sometimes people have spent a concentrated period with their friends and family, normally family of Christmas or whatever they may be aching to get back to work because the true self of themselves and of those around them is just slightly unbearable and they'r…”
Nov 18, 2024
De Botton: Human nature remains unchanged despite advancing technology
“The human animal doesn't change. Our constitution is the same now as it was, you know, thousands of years ago, and that Puts a cap, really, on the amount of novelty that we're able to build. We build a lot of new tools. We are tool builders. We always have bee…”
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De Botton: People should not bring their full selves to work
“I don't think you should bring your full self anywhere, because if we really think about what your full self is, it includes, you know, infantile bits of you when you were two, bits of you that are full of rage, bits of you that are full of envy and bitterness…”
Nov 18, 2024
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