Alain de Botton on making the humanities useful, studying ads, and the need for a "wisdom industry"

Alain de Botton on making the humanities useful, studying ads, and the need for a "wisdom industry"

Best known for his writing and his TV series Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness, Alain de Botton is one of the world's foremost public intellectuals. His books include Status Anxiety, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, and Religion for Atheists. A popularizer of philosophy, he's convinced that modern economies fail to adequately provide for human flourishing.

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