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Dan Gilbert asks Why are we happy

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Dan Gilbert asks Why are we happy

Posted by myTwitC on 05/11/2011

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TED Talks Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.

TED, Talks, Culture, Science, brain, choice, evolution, happiness, psychology

More Info: http://www.ted.com/speakers/da...

Courtesy: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_g..

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