The Pursuit of Happiness

[...] with the guy sitting next to you. You’ll probably be doing both of you a favor. The post How social science can make you a significantly happier commuter appeared first on Happiness. [...]

[...] literature and philosophy that tackle this question, there’s an increasing appetite for social science that aims to address it empirically. This hunger for objective research on such an [...]

[...] world than someone who is baffled. But these are intangibles that are out of the grasp of social scientists. It seems clear that, if you’re looking to be happier, getting at least a high school [...]

[...] leap at her offer. How would your morning change? This is exactly the stunt that two social scientists at the University of Chicago pulled with a bunch of commuters several years ago. So [...]

[...] take stock of your mood and report back. Well, this is basically the same approach that social scientists often take. To put it simply, the PANAS, or Positive and Negative Affect Scale, measures [...]

[...] done is make the album a loss leader for its real business: touring and merchandising. While album sales have declined, other revenue streams have picked up the slack and even surpassed it. Live [...]

[...] cost of value-seeking: People do not accurately forecast the economic benefits of experiential purchases] Researchers surveyed people before and after they made purchases. Beforehand, they [...]

[...] survey and a controlled experiment with human subjects, they found that reflecting on experiential purchases left their subjects significantly happier than did remembering the material acquisitions. [...]

[...] system need to develop a new way of addressing the big human questions of our time. The post Capitalism and compassion: Why morality matters in a market economy appeared first on Happiness. [...]

[...] , D.C. to lecture economists about empathy. What happened next surprised everyone. The post Capitalism with a conscience appeared first on Pursuit of Happiness. [...]

[...] little bit of happiness every day. Download the app. The post The Guardian Happy for Life app interactive dashboard appeared first on Happiness. [...]

[...] biggest rock band on the planet may have surrendered the music industry to its grave, that U2 frontman Bono declared “music is a sacrament.” The melodies that Plato said give “flight to the [...]

[...] . It might just turn out to be a happy holiday after all. I never finished my story about Swami Gnanmunidas. Before I left him that day in Delhi, we had a light lunch of soup and naan. I told him I [...]