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b'In a previous interview with Dan, the Dalai Lama said something along the lines of, \\u201ceveryone\\u2019s selfish; that\\u2019s the way we\\u2019re wired. But if you\\u2019re going to be selfish, you should be wisely selfish.\\u201d Wise selfishness takes into account the fact that what really makes humans happy is to care for other people. This notion has been a central part of the Buddhist platform for millennia, but is now being borne out in scientific research.\\xa0\\nToday\\u2019s guest is Emiliana Simon-Thomas. She is the science director of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, where she is a co-instructor of its Science of Happiness online course. In this conversation, Emiliana talks to us about the difference between empathy and compassion, how we can be happier by being more compassionate and connected, what we misunderstand about love, and a more scientific definition for that culturally loaded term.\\nJust to note -- this is a re-run of an older episode we pulled out of our vault for a few reasons:\\xa0\\n1) It\\u2019s summer and we want to give our tireless staff a break; and 2) This is one of our all-time favorite episodes and one that many of our newer listeners may not have heard.\\xa0\\nFor more science-based happiness practices, you can download the Ten Percent Happier app today: https://10percenthappier.app.link/install.\\nFull Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/emiliana-simon-thomas-repost\\n\\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.'