Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Happiness literature pet peeve — The Average Effect

I think most people would readily admit that happiness (broadly defined; not just emotional affect) is a complex thing, so they why do they jump so easily to fawning over the latest TED talk one-liner?

Carl Jung
This week happiness is about relationships. Last week it was about solitude. Next week it will be ‘turns out money does matter!’ The fact is that all of these findings are correct, but only for certain people.