Stumbling on Happiness

Stumbling on Happiness

by Daniel Gilbert
Year: 2006 ISBN: 9781400077427 ●●●●○
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Your brain is terrible at predicting what will make you happy. Here is why.

Why it matters

Gilbert is a Harvard psychologist who writes like a stand-up comedian. The central thesis is that we are systematically bad at knowing what will make us happy, and the examples are both hilarious and unsettling. You finish it questioning every plan you have ever made.

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