Kai listens to last week's episode and decides to visit a cemetery. Henry meets an old funny guy, Mal at a new one he's visited. He then remembers reading about living arrangements where the young and old share one roof. Questions arise: if you're young, would you live with an old person? And if you're old, would you live with a young person? It's all about human connection really, that's the gist of the episode and what leads to the final segment about one of Henry's favourite podcast episodes ever. But the question still yearns to be answered: even with overwhelmingly convincing information that something could improve your life, will you actually act on it?

 

The Happiness Lab with Laurie Santos, Mistakenly Seeking Solitude, season 1 episode 4.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-happiness-lab-with-dr-laurie-santos/id1474245040?i=1000452731206

If you want the original source, it can all be found in 'Mistakenly Seeking Solitude' by Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder, published in 2014 in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

 

Moral of the episode: If we talk to you on public transport, please talk back.

 

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