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Agency and the Making of History | Martin Seligman | Ep. 86

October 13, 2026

Adam Omary (0:13)

A virtual warm welcome to Cato. I'm Adam Omary, a research fellow at Cato's humanprogress.org. I'm honored to be joined by Dr. Martin Seligman, Director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Seligman is widely credited with founding the Modern Positive Psychology Movement and has been called by my graduate advisor, Steven Pinker, perhaps the world's greatest living psychologist. He's the author of many books, including, most recently, Agency, The Psychological History of Human Progress, which we'll…

Martin Seligman (0:54)

I'm delighted to be here, Omar. Thank you.

Adam Omary (0:58)

I'm also joined by my colleague, Johan Norberg, Senior Fellow in the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity at Cato, and a historian of human progress. Thank you for being with us, Johan.

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