Eudaimonia: Aristotle’s Guide to Not Living Like an Idiot

Aristotle explains happiness, and somehow it becomes a full audit of your entire existence. Eudaimonia turns out to be less about good vibes and more about decades of effort, good habits, reasonable decisions, and not acting like a lunatic in everyday situations. In other words, it’s a system designed to make you feel slightly judged at all times. Meanwhile, Dave is still negotiating with leftovers at midnight. In this episode, we explore what it means to actually live well—and why Aristotle’s answer is both deeply sensible and profoundly irritating.