Dan Gilbert asks, Why are we happy?

About this film

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.

Directors & creators

TED.com

Subjects

TEDTalks, TED2004, TED, Talks, brain, choice, culture, evolution, happiness, psychology, science, 2004

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