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Jeroen van Baar
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Available from 18:00 CET
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Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam
Jeroen van Baar
Jeroen van Baar, PhD, was born into the Millennial generation in the Dutch town of Apeldoorn. He studied Liberal Arts & Sciences at University College Utrecht and obtained his PhD in cognitive neuroscience at Radboud University, before leaving on a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University. In 2014 he published the book "The Achievement Generation" about the performance pressure, achievement anxiety and surprising life dissatisfaction of his own generation.
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Our society is obsessed with achievement. For younger generations, competition and comparison pervade all aspects of life: from school and work to fitness and even our love life, thanks to Tinder and Instagram. But does achievement drive happiness? Decades of science suggest otherwise. In this light-hearted and thought-provoking session, psychologist and neuroscientist Jeroen van Baar reveals the secrets of the satisfied mind and asks the question on everybody's mind: would life be better if we just embraced mediocrity?