For your sense of self worth. it s also activating another thing we know from the research that can be problematic, which is our social comparison. our mind is really good at picking out a reference point of who we should compare ourselves to. what should our salary be, how good should we look? we compare ourselves, often in a bad way. and i think social media allows us for so much more kinds of comparisons that make us feel bad about ourselves on these different dimensions, attractiveness, wealth levels. for our college students, the grades they re getting. they talk about getting good grades. nobody talks about bad grades. increasing the number of social comparisons that happen on a daily basis and that s not good for well-being. in the course, what do you try to give what s the message you try to give about what does lead to the good life, what does lead to happiness? the first part of the message is that the sad thing that the science tells us is that our minds lie to us al
Interactions. do you think that place a role? i think it s no coincidence that these kinds of mental health issues are coming up in this age where technology is pulling away the kind of normal social interaction we have. and that s true on social media, where i think people think they re getting social connection out of scrolling their instagram feed but haven t talked to a live person or made a real social connection. it s all kinds of other tech. we don t talk to our cab driver and explain where we re going, because we ve punched it into uber. we don t talk to the checkout clerk. we scan it on our own. research suggests it s those simple social connections, talking to the barista at the coffee shop or the person on the street, that can bump up well-being much more than we forecast. experience of dating. you used to go to a bar, you meet someone, and now, of course, you look at an app. that s correct. and evaluate somebody on very superficial criteria and you get evaluated and
All ages and all wealth levels. you leave 16 million children in poverty out of the ladder, and remember, he was standing in chicago about this poverty question in part around gun violence. he saying that economic opportunity is part of what keeps us safe in a community. and for example, what did the president do for the education in the first term? race to the top. how successful has it been? i have angst with race to the top and no child left behind and we are waiting to have the education conversation, but he has done as much as any president. i think it is interesting that the republicans talk about that, because the presidents are against federal intervention as they see as a locally-based issue, but that said, you are fun. thank you to father jim martin and also to kayton dawson and the other two sticking around. up next, what i do for fun on the road in memphis, tennessee.
Early 1990s, that s if we look from 2007 to 2010. we look like we have wealth levels of what we saw in 1992. so let s remind you of what was happening back in 1992 in this country. unforgiven won best pictures at the oscars. eric clapton s tears in heaven was the song of the year at the grammys. the average price of gas $1.87. an average price for a new home adjusted for inflation over $236,000. we tried to find a picture of your next guest back in 1992 but facebook did not exist back then. jean sperling is director of the economic council and assistant to the president for economic policy. probably best to not have any of our pictures from 1992 up on the screen. i would love to have a picture of me from 1992, i would be 20 pounds thinner, and my hair was dark. jenna: we look forward to sharing that with our viewers any time. any time you want to share that
lawmakers are in session this afternoon, trying to end a tense political standoff over the debt ceiling. so far, we have only been hearing more contentious remarks from both sides. we ll take you there live in a moment. many of you are expressing frustration with the debt impasse in washington. and with members of congress who have yet to reach a deficit reduction deal. vernon hill says he wants lawmakers to get the u.s. out of debt or resign. the united states of america is about to go broke. we re about to lose our credit ratings. the people of the world are looking at us and wondering what the hell is going on with the greatest nation in the world. if you want to share your video on the debt showdown, logon to cnn.com/ireport. along the texas coast, a lot of disappointment after what was once tropical storm don making landfall. it came ashore as a tropical depression. but it wasn t the rainmaker folks were hoping for. much of texas is in a severe drought and the ra