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Daniel Gilbert

Stumbling on Happiness

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In this fascinating and often hilarious work — winner of the Royal Society of Science Prize 2007 — pre-eminent psychologist Daniel Gilbert shows how — and why — the majority of us have no idea how to make ourselves happy.
We all want to be happy, but do we know how? When it comes to improving tomorrow at the expense of today, we're terrible at predicting how to please our future selves.
In ‘Stumbling on Happiness’ Professor Daniel Gilbert combines psychology, neuroscience, economics and philosophy with irrepressible wit to describe how the human brain imagines its future — and how well (or badly) it predicts what it will enjoy. Revealing some of the amazing secrets of human motivation, he also answers thought-provoking questions — why do dining companions order different meals instead of getting what they want? Why are shoppers happier when they can't get refunds? And why are couples less satisfied after having children while insisting that their kids are a source of joy?
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401 printed pages
Publication year
2009
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  • Alisa Jhas quoted8 years ago
    The human being is the only animal that thinks about the future.
  • Daria Tryashinahas quoted8 years ago
    If the goal of science is to make us feel awkward and ignorant in the presence of things we once understood perfectly well, then psychology has succeeded above all others.
  • Daria Tryashinahas quoted8 years ago
    What do psychology professors say when they pass each other in the hallway? ‘Hi, you’re fine, how am I?’

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