Helmut Schoek's guest appearances

Helmut Schoek

The Voluntary Life

Psychology Book Club Podcast

Ray Dalio

Jordan Peterson

Tim Ferriss

Steven Pinker

Vicki Robin

Chris Guillebeau

Lysander Spooner

John Warrillow

Robert Nozick

Jim Rohn

Ludwig von Mises

Andrew Henderson

Jeffrey Tucker

Burton Malkiel

Elliott Hulse

OwlTail

Why are "haters gonna hate"? This episode is a review of a fascinating book called  Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour by Helmut Schoek. Here are some of ideas that are discussed in the review:  What envy is and how it differs from jealousy or a desire to emulate The key feature of envy being strongest where status differences are small  Why envy exists in every society and why it could never be completely eliminated Why envy is camouflaged  The link between envy and irrational thinking Schoeck's theory of why envy exists and how it might have some positive role (as well as being highly destructive) You can cure yourself of envious feelings by turning it into creativity instead of destructiveness Why you must never let haters stop you from doing something wonderful  Show Notes:  Envy: A Theory Of Social Behaviour By Helmut Schoeck

Why are "haters gonna hate"? This episode is a review of a fascinating book called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865970645/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0865970645&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thevo08-20&amp;linkId=G2FLVXBYH6IVHXUP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour</a> by Helmut Schoek. Here are some of ideas that are discussed in the review: <ul> <li>What envy is and how it differs from jealousy or a desire to emulate</li> <li>The key feature of envy being strongest where status differences are small </li> <li>Why envy exists in every society and why it could never be completely eliminated</li> <li>Why envy is camouflaged </li> <li>The link between envy and irrational thinking</li> <li>Schoeck's theory of why envy exists and how it might have some positive role (as well as being highly destructive)</li> <li>You can cure yourself of envious feelings by turning it into creativity instead of destructiveness</li> <li>Why you must never let haters stop you from doing something wonderful</li> </ul> Show Notes: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865970645/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0865970645&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thevo08-20&amp;linkId=G2FLVXBYH6IVHXUP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Envy: A Theory Of Social Behaviour</a> By Helmut Schoeck

189 Envy: A Theory Of Social Behaviour By Helmut Schoek