He also recommends Solnit’s book Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities. To Hari, the book asks the important question: “How do we hold on to those moments beyond the crisis zone?”īuy A Paradise Built in Hell here: Amazon | Barnes & Noble She found that the overwhelming response to natural disasters is one of solidarity, and many people even found joy in helping their community rebuild. Rebecca Solnit, author of Men Explain Things t o Me, which inspired the term mansplaining, wrote about her experience recovering from an earthquake in A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster. Hari’s book recommendations reflect the idea that the state of our mental health is largely a reflection of the world around us. The podcast covers a wide range of topics related to this idea that depression is, to a large extent, societally created and what we can do to make our societies happier.
In many ways, he sees addiction - to opioids, to porn, to online video games - as a response to needs going unmet.īuy Chasing the Scream here: Amazon | Barnes & Noble He discusses the “Rat Park” experiments in which lab rats that were given access to opioid-laced water were dying from overdoses until their social needs were fulfilled and they stopped getting addicted. Lost Connections was very much informed by his work on his previous book, Chasing the Scream, about the failures of the war on drugs. Guest Johann Hari, author of the new book Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions, giggled profusely over an unintentionally hilarious slip of the tongue regarding the book Bowling Alone, joked about his former KFC addiction, and profanely paraphrased Confucius - “If you think life is about money and status and showing off, you’re gonna feel like shit.”īuy Lost Connections here: Amazon | Barnes & Nobleĭespite the jovial tone of the conversation, Hari is serious about the implications of his research. For a conversation about depression, this week’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show is a joy to listen to.
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