I'm reading his book The Righteous Mind, and it's great. I can't follow everything, but what I think I'm getting seems great. One thing I'm confused about is one part where he talks about socialism. He makes it seem like the two options are
1) Do what's best for you, at the expense of the group (Try to be in the cartel)
2) Do what's best for the group, at the expense of you (give away all you have to help others)
but then he says your happiness depends on relationships between you and others, you and your work, and you and something larger, so doesn't that mean there is an option 3
3) Work with each other to find solutions that are the best for the group, you included. (Costco: fewer options, higher quality, cheaper prices)
I think we need to find more Costco like options.
“Happiness is not something that you can find, acquire, or achieve directly. You have to get the conditions right and then wait. Some of those conditions are within you, such as coherence among the parts and levels of your personality. Other conditions require relationships to things beyond you: Just as plants need sun, water, and good soil to thrive, people need love, work, and a connection to something larger. It is worth striving to get the right relationships between yourself and others, between yourself and your work, and between yourself and something larger thank yourself. If you get these relationships right, a sense of purpose and meaning will emerge.”
― Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
“The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation — a force for construction and destruction.”
― Jonathan Haidt
“science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you.”
― Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
Quotes from
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/55727.Jonathan_Haidt