HeyJaredDan Ariely Looks at Life
There are many lenses through which to view life, mine is through the lens of social science. Here I will look at serious and less serious aspects of our daily life through my perspective as a social scientist.
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End of Life: Lesson 6 (opens the original)
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Hello, hello.One more video having to do with end of life and the person that I’m traveling with to Dignitas in Switzerland. The story of that individual is that almost two years ago he decided that it was time to end things. He applied to Dignitas and was accepted. There was no date set, but there was the decision. He decided that’s how he wanted his life to end.He applied to Dignitas to make sure this would be possible and then gathered his family to tell them about his decision even though th
End of Life: Lesson 5 (opens the original)
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One more installment of our end-of-life series. So, I told you that I became an end-of-life doula and that I’m going with somebody to Dignitas to end their life on a particular date, at a particular hour because he asked me to join him.I was thinking about the time that we will have together. The process takes a few days. You arrive one day, there’s a meeting with a psychologist and a clinician another day, another meeting with a psychologist and clinician to make sure that the person really wan
End of Life: Lesson 4 (opens the original)
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Continuing our discussion about end of life, the topic today is about the quality of life and when should we decide to end things.So, I used to think of quality of life as the main factor for deciding whether to continue or not. As you know, I’m helping somebody who’s going to end their life at Dignitas and I’ve been trying to help him think about when the right time is to make this decision. Imagine that you have options between a very miserable life, very good life, or neutral. Where are you i
End of Life: Lesson 3 (opens the original)
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Hello, hello. This video is a continuation of the previous video about end of life.As you know by now, I became an end-of-life doula and I’m going with somebody to Dignitas in Switzerland. He decided that he wants me to go with him instead of his family. We had lots of discussions about this decision. Before I share his reasoning, think about what you would do and what you would want.Now for what he told me. He said that during his last few days (the process requires about three days partially f
End of Life: Lesson 2 (opens the original)
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Hello hello,The continuation of discussions about end of life. As you know, I became an end-of-life doula and I’m going with somebody for the first time to Switzerland to end their life at Dignitas. A place where you can do it legally and safely and at the right time.I was thinking about timing. So, we got the documents from Dignitas, and there’s meeting one meeting with a physician and meeting two with a psychologist, and then there’s the meeting for the medication.It’s at 10 a.m. on a particul
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