Here's a short video to balance out last weekend's loooooong one. It's Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage, talking about five easy tips for a happier life. I haven't read the book, so I'm not exactly sure what he means by "Tetris effect," but his basic tips are good. He talks about journaling, good deeds, etc.
Anyway, the video is so short that I probably don't even need to summarize it, so just watch!
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Saturday, November 6, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
A New Architecture of Happiness?
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| The proposed campus of the Rethinking Happiness project (from www.rethinkinghappiness.info) |
Aldo writes:
We have to prepare ourselves to see with new eyes, to think about a tabula rasa situation in which to redefine needs, habits, activities, dreams in relation to new conditions of existence, to think about a more up-to-date idea of contemporary life.Apart from the artsy talk, this community sounds like a great place to live. Most researchers agree that a sense of community is an important ingredient for happiness (and also life-expectancy). If Aldo's campus brings people closer together than more "normal" city housing, it probably will make for a happier population.
What do you think? If you live in a big city, how happy are you? Would living in the Rethinking Happiness community make you happier? We're still hard up for comments, so send one our way.
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| Via big think |
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