Scott Barry Kaufman
American psychologistwww.scottbarrykaufman.com
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Sep 13, 2026
Arnold BeekhuisHOST
Today's topic is called the happiness taboo.
Arnold BeekhuisHOST
It's an article which I read yesterday from Scott Barry Kaufman.
Arnold BeekhuisHOST
He's a well-known psychologist from the US, and I really want...
Arnold BeekhuisHOST
Well, you can, you can look, look it up, uh, search for it, the happiness taboo by Scott Barry Kaufman.
Arnold BeekhuisHOST
But the main thing and why he has labeled it the happiness taboo is that apparently he found an article from Abraham Maslow, the very famous ps- psychologist who wrote the, well, a pyramid of needs, although he never designed the pyramid, but that's a whole other discussion.
Arnold BeekhuisHOST
But Maslow wrote in nineteen sixty-nine, hmm, so a long time ago, he wrote an article about how people are genetically drawn or not drawn to happiness.
speaker_1HOST
It is.
speaker_1HOST
Prominent psychologists like Scott Barry Kaufman have noted that while Maslow didn't, you know, steal his hierarchy from the Blackfoot, like some internet rumors claim, his inability to fully grasp their circular, community-first dynamic really shows the limitations of viewing human motivation strictly through a Western lens.
JonathanHOST
Which opens the door to another major vulnerability in Maslow's theory, right? It is highly sensitive to cultural and environmental context.
JonathanHOST
motivation isn't a rigid law of physics.
Brian JohnsonHOST
Welcome back to another Philosopher's Notes TV.
Brian JohnsonHOST
Today we've got another great book, Transcend, subtitled The New Science of Self-Actualization by Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD.
Brian JohnsonHOST
This is a phenomenal book.
Brian JohnsonHOST
We've got a handful of ideas we'll look at together today.
Brian JohnsonHOST
Let's go.
Brian JohnsonHOST
And this book is one of my favorites.
Brian JohnsonHOST
Scott Barry Kaufman is one of the most respected positive psychologists in the world.
Brian JohnsonHOST
His podcast is super popular, thirty million downloads.
Susan CainGUEST
And...
Susan CainGUEST
I actually conducted a study for this book with a psychologist, Scott Barry Kaufman, and David Yadin at Johns Hopkins, who studies psychedelic and other types of experiences.
Susan CainGUEST
And we came up with a... with a test that you can take to measure where you are on this bittersweet scale at a given moment.
Susan CainGUEST
And we found that people who score high as being extremely bittersweet in their state of mind, that those same people also tend to score higher in dimensions that predict creativity and have a greater access to states of awe and wonder and spirituality.
Cas AarssenHOST
I didn't know what to call her, Dr. Duckworth, Angela, Angie.
Cas AarssenHOST
Can we be best friends? I'm nervous, you guys.
Cas AarssenHOST
I'm going to be honest.
Cas AarssenHOST
I'm nervous.
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Angela DuckworthGUEST
I got obsessed with Michael Phelps's mother.
Angela DuckworthGUEST
as I was doing this research.
Angela DuckworthGUEST
Because again, behind every Olympic athlete, there's a coach, there's a family structure, there are best friends, there are supporters.
Angela DuckworthGUEST
Debbie Phelps was, for most of Michael's childhood, a single mom and a public school teacher in Baltimore, which is, as I mentioned, where he grew up.
Arthur BrooksGUEST
... low empathy, low remorse.
Arthur BrooksGUEST
That's according to Scott Barry Kaufman, like 7% of the population.
Rangan ChatterjeeHOST
Mm.
Arthur BrooksGUEST
But not the rest of us.
SarahHOST
It is weird.
JoshHOST
I blame... blame Scott Kaufman for this no yeah no yeah I don't know because I mean I'm excited for the like Resident Evil movie and stuff you know yeah so like but then again I'm also like that's a probably for sure gonna be a comedy horror movie from how it's yeah advertised yeah
SarahHOST
Anyway, that's it.
SarahHOST
Good fanfiction.
Rufus GriscomHOST
Can you tell us about the four different types of creativity, the four C's?
Blythe HarrisGUEST
Sure, and th- this work comes from Scott Barry Kaufman from his book Wired to Create, which was a really instrumental book in our early research for Daily Creative, and he defines the four C's of creativity as big C creativity, which is cultural shifting, like Einstein and Picasso, cultural shifting ideas.
Blythe HarrisGUEST
Then pro C creativity, which is, like, you're a working creative professional with an output that you're measured on.
Blythe HarrisGUEST
Small C creativity, which is creative hobbies like cooking, gardening, so, um, getting closer to play but still with an output.
Elizabeth KochNARRATOR
Welcome to The Science of Perception Box.
Elizabeth KochNARRATOR
This week, our guest is Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman.
Elizabeth KochNARRATOR
We all go through experiences that shape how we see ourselves, what we believe we deserve, and what feels out of our control.
Elizabeth KochNARRATOR
Scott's work explores how easy it is to organize our lives around a victim mindset, and how quietly limiting that can become.
Angela DuckworthHOST
That's a very interesting question.
Angela DuckworthHOST
There are people who are trying to do that, like Scott Barry Kaufman.
Stephen DubnerHOST
And is he breaking into university bookstores and crossing out-
Angela DuckworthHOST
[laughs]