Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
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Ep136 "Why do we care about mattering?" with Rebecca Goldstein
41 minutes Posted Jan 12, 2026 at 11:00 am.
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What does it mean for your life to matter? We all talk a lot about happiness, pleasure, and meaning... but what if the real engine underneath it all is the need to feel we count? Is it possible that depression, extremism, and ambition all stem from the same psychological source? When is political polarization less about beliefs and more about threatened significance? Join Eagleman with philosopher and writer Rebecca Goldstein, author of "The Mattering Instinct".