When people love things and have a sincere love for things, most of the time it’s because that things connects them to other people. Like a phone or a gift, the things we love connects us to others.
– Aaron Ahuvia
What does it mean when we say we love things? How is our love for things and humans different? How do the things we love “make us who we are?”
Find out in this week’s episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews both the professor and researcher, Aaron Ahuvia.
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About Aaron Ahuvia
Aaron Ahuvia is a professor at the University of Michigan Dearbron and has been ranked by a Stanford University study as being in the top 2% of all scientists worldwide. He is the world’s leading expert on the psychology of a somewhat different kind of love, he studies the psychology of love when people love objects, activities, and all sorts of other things.
He has found that by looking at love in these unusual contexts you can get some interesting insights into the nature of love itself and better understand all forms of love, including the love of people.
His popular book, The Things We Love: How Our Passions Connect Us and Make Us Who We Are, has won the distinction of being an “editor’s choice” and “best nonfiction book” on Amazon. Earlier in his career, he was also a leading expert on dating services and even ended up on the Oprah Winfrey show.
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