Why Your Future Looks Bright (But Your Enemy’s Doesn’t) - with Professor Hallgeir Sjåstad

In this fun episode, we explore why people tend to believe that their future will be happier and more meaningful than their past. But does that optimism extend to everyone – or only to ourselves and the people we like? Tune in to discover what this reveals about hope, fairness, wishful thinking, and why realism may depend on whose future you’re imagining.

Link to study: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3164

Host: Professor Micael Dahlen

Guest: Professor Hallgeir Sjåstad

Producer: Sandra Charléz

Editor: Nicholas Nikander

Sound Engineer: Christer Tjäder and Daniel Högberg

Music: Viktor Bergdahl