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Technoprogressive Thankfulness


J. Hughes

J. Hughes


Ethical Technology
November 26, 2009

It is Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States, a time to take stock of all the good things we can be grateful for. This time, for me, with a technoprogressive spin on it.

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Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  11/28  at  08:50 PM

Besides a personal feeling of happiness, how else does gratitude manifest itself? (I suppose a person can feel happy without feeling gratitude.)


Posted by jhughes  on  11/29  at  06:06 PM

Gratitude leads to happiness. One of the exercises that positive psychologists prescribe is a daily diary of things to be grateful for - which is different from being grateful to god(s). Just making an effort to think of something each day has been shown to substantially improve mood.


Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  11/29  at  07:06 PM

"Gratitude leads to happiness."

True, but like I just said, happiness can occur without gratitude, so how does one know whether he just bypassed gratitude and went straight to being happy for the things he has?

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