He has spent years studying how we respond to setbacks, and how we might use ideas from philosophy and psychology to respond differently. This week on Hidden Brain, an ancient philosophy backed by modern psychology shows us how to respond wisely to disappointment and misfortune.Shankar Vedantam: William Irvine is a philosopher at Wright State University. For thousands of years, philosophers have come up with strategies to help us cope with setbacks. Lives are lost.News Clips: As hard as it is to fathom the record number of COVID deaths, public health officials are warning tonight that it will likely get worse before the situation improves.Shankar Vedantam: Life is filled with tragedies and hardship. Or the world suddenly and inexplicably is gripped by a major pandemic.News Clips: Cases now topping 15 million here in the US, 1.3 million of them in just the past seven days.Shankar Vedantam: Jobs are lost. ![]() Someone leaves the stove on, and your house catches on fire. You slip on the ice, and you break a wrist. TV shows like "Seinfeld" milk these situations for laughs.Seinfeld Clip (Jason Alexander, as George Costanza): Where the hell is this car, Kramer?Seinfeld Clip (Jerry Seinfeld): We need a system.Seinfeld Clip (Michael Richards, as Cosmo Kramer): Well, it's got to be here.Seinfeld Clip (Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as Elaine Benes): Why have you been using so many colors? The numbers go up to 40.Seinfeld Clip (Jerry Seinfeld): Maybe it's not on this level.Seinfeld Clip (Jason Alexander, as George Costanza): What?Seinfeld Clip (Jerry Seinfeld): There's four different levels.Shankar Vedantam: When things like this happen in real life, you probably don't laugh. You wander around, your arms laden with shopping bags, cursing. We've all been there: you park your car in a giant lot, only to come back a few hours later and have no idea where you parked. ![]() Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode.
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