Why Your Future Looks Bright (But Your Enemy’s Doesn’t) - with Professor Hallgeir Sjåstad
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In this fun episode, we explore why people tend to believe that their future will be happier and more meaningful than their past. But does that optimism extend to everyone – or only to ourselves and the people we like? Tune in to discover what this reveals about hope, fairness, wishful thinking, and why realism may depend on whose future you’re imagining.
Link to study: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3164
Host: Professor Micael Dahlen
Guest: Professor Hallgeir Sjåstad
Producer: Sandra Charléz
Editor: Nicholas Nikander
Sound Engineer: Christer Tjäder and Daniel Högberg
Music: Viktor Bergdahl
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