# Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

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Podcast: [What Now? with Trevor Noah](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-now-with-trevor-noah-6654482)
Published: 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This week, Trevor and Eugene are joined by author and social scientist Arthur C. Brooks to unpack the science of happiness and why we’re so good at looking for it in all the wrong places. What begins as a breakdown of the macronutrients of a good life turns into a funny, wide-ranging conversation about the necessity of failure, the search for human connection, and the surprising wisdom hiding inside our most embarrassing moments. Along the way, Brooks makes the case that the road to happiness isn’t neat, polished, or linear. Rather itt’s messy, imperfect, and usually learned the hard way.

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