进化社会学家David Pinsof，也是“反人类卡牌”游戏的联合创始人，在播客节目中分享了他对幸福、道德、谎言和社会地位等议题的独特见解。他认为幸福和道德都是“胡说八道”，并解释了胡说八道与谎言之间的区别。他探讨了我们为何隐藏“地位猴子”以及“反人类卡牌”的起源。他还谈论了社会地位游戏的变化，以及如何摆脱“胡说八道”的陷阱。

🤔 **胡说八道与谎言的区别：**David Pinsof指出，胡说八道并非刻意欺骗，而是对事实缺乏关注，为了达到某种目的而编造故事。而谎言则是刻意欺骗，为了掩盖真相。例如，有人说“我爱我的工作”，这可能是胡说八道，因为他们可能只是在表达一种社会期望，并非真实感受。而有人说“我没有偷东西”，这则是谎言，因为他们知道自己偷了东西。

🐒 **隐藏的“地位猴子”：**David Pinsof认为，我们都有一种“地位猴子”，它驱使我们追求社会地位，并通过各种方式表现出来，例如炫耀财富、权力、知识等。然而，我们往往会隐藏这种“地位猴子”，因为承认它会让人感到虚荣和不真诚。但这会导致我们陷入“胡说八道”的陷阱，因为我们无法真实地表达自己。

😄 **幸福的真相：**David Pinsof认为，幸福也是一种“胡说八道”。我们往往将幸福视为一种目标，并努力追求它。但实际上，幸福只是我们用来衡量自身价值的一种方式，它与我们的社会地位密切相关。当我们感到快乐时，我们往往会将其视为一种成就，并将其分享给其他人，以获得认可。但这会让我们陷入一种虚假的幸福循环中，无法真正体验到内心的平静和满足。

🎭 **如何摆脱“胡说八道”：**David Pinsof建议，我们可以通过以下方式摆脱“胡说八道”的陷阱：1. 承认自己的“地位猴子”的存在，并尝试将其控制；2. 关注真实的感受，而不是社会期望；3. 追求内心的平静和满足，而不是外部的认可。

🧠 **幽默的力量：**David Pinsof认为，幽默是揭露“胡说八道”的一种有效方式。通过幽默，我们可以轻松地指出问题的本质，并让其他人反思自己的行为。例如，当有人说“我爱我的工作”时，我们可以用幽默的方式反问：“真的吗？你确定不是因为工资太高？”

David Pinsof is an evolutionary social scientist and a co-creator of the game Cards Against Humanity. He holds a PhD in Psychology from UCLA, where he studied the evolutionary origins of political bullshit, and has written a handful of academic papers, one of which has been cited 152 times and another of which was quoted in the New York Times.     David is the author of the ‘Everything Is Bullshit’ Substack, which aims to poke holes in the stories we tell ourselves. He joins the show to discuss why happiness & morality are bullshit, the difference between bullshit & lying, why we conceal the status monkey, and more!     Important Links:

1. David’s Twitter
2. David’s Substack; Everything is Bullshit
3. Cards Against Humanity
4. The Execution Hypothesis; by Richard Wrangham
5. Discordianism
6. Our podcast with George Mack
7. Our podcast with Will Storr

Show Notes:

1. What is bullshit?
2. The difference between bullshitting and lying
3. Why moralizing is bullshit
4. Concealing the status monkey
5. The origins of Cards Against Humanity
6. How are status games changing?
7. Why happiness is bullshit
8. Happiness as a status symbol
9. How can we escape bullshit?
10. Why we’re driven by negative emotions
11. How to become more positive
12. The role of humor in calling out bullshit
13. MUCH more!

Books Mentioned:

1. On Bullshit; by Harry G. Frankfurt
2. Propaganda; by Edward Bernays
3. Influence: Science and Practice; by Robert Cialdini
4. The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are; by Robert Wright
5. The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It; by Will Storr
6. The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History; by Howard Bloom
7. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
8. Happy; by Derren Brown
9. Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
10. Gödel, Escher, Bach; by Douglas Hofstadter