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Laurie Santos

Laurie Santos is a psychologist and Yale professor known for research on happiness, well-being, and human behavior. Her work emphasizes habits of attention, conversation, and trust as foundations for learning and flourishing.

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Quotes by Laurie Santos

The most important work is not the transmission of information, but the cultivation of habits of attention, conversation, and trust. — Laurie Santos

Building Attention, Conversation, and Trust That Endure

At first glance, Laurie Santos’s statement seems to downplay information itself, yet her deeper point is that facts alone rarely transform people. Knowledge can be delivered quickly, but the conditions that make it meani...

Created on: 6/9/2026