The vanishing pleasures of daily life
Topics discussed
Sponsors: Fetch Pet Insurance and Odoo
Intro: The trade-offs of a frictionless world
Guest introduction: The Small Stuff and modern life
Defining happiness, satisfaction, and gratification
The cultural weight of happiness and the stigma of gratification
Sensory awareness: Learning from children's exploration
The texture of technology: Phones vs. landlines
The end of the stick shift and tactile identity
Sponsors: Shopify, Fetch, and HIMSS
Ownership, maintenance, and the joy of repair
Remote work, the flattening of space, and presence
Sponsors: Odoo, Claude, and Target
Schopenhauer and the gift of the present moment
Why this isn't a self-help checklist: Trusting the reader
Outro, credits, and final sponsors
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