2026-04-20
37 分钟Pushkin.
When we think about spring cleaning, we usually focus on stuff.
What to toss, what to organize, what to tidy up.
But what if we zoomed out for a second and thought about the nature of space itself?
How we're using it, and how it might be shaping our well-being in ways that we don't even notice.
There's a whole realm of opportunities kind of in this relationship between our inner and outer worlds.
And I think we do n't recognize that our outer worlds shape our inner worlds in how people feel and think
and behave and how spaces relate to that.
This is University of Virginia professor Leidy Quatz.
Leidy is the author of a new book entitled In a Good Place,
How the Spaces Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us Thrive.
My scholarship bridges between engineering and architecture and psychology and behavioral science,
even if you 're just talking about, oh, should I add a. New light to my office,
that 's going to change all sorts of dynamics in unpredictable ways.
Before we go further, because we're talking about space, I'm curious about the space you're in right now.
If you put on your sort of space psychologist hat, what would you notice about that room?
How's it affecting your mind?
My space right now is very minimalistic so that I can focus on the conversation with you and your listeners.
But your space, on the other hand.
Well, it's actually fake.