Dan Gilbert on the surprising science of happiness
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The TED Interview
• October 2019
Psychologist Daniel Gilbert delves deep into the weird, counterintuitive science of happiness -- and explains why our minds worry about things we needn't worry about (and fail to worry about things we really should worry about). (Audio only)
Psychologist Daniel Gilbert delves deep into the weird, counterintuitive science of happiness -- and explains why our minds worry about things we needn't worry about (and fail to worry about things we really should worry about). (Audio only)
Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong -- a premise he supports with intriguing research, and explains in his accessible and unexpectedly funny book, Stumbling on Happiness.
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