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Why are we happy? Why aren’t we happy?

Dan Gilbert

TED Conferences

Posted: Nov 13, 2007

In this memorable TED talk, Dan Gilbert demonstrates just how poor we humans are at predicting (or understanding) what will make us happy. Gilbert is a psychology professor at Harvard, and author of “Stumbling on Happiness”. (Recorded February 2004 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 22:02)

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Universal Logic • • Nov 26, 2007

This would be grounds for skepticism and (concern possibly) pessimism regarding the role of post singularity "utopia"...

It immediately makes one ask:

What does the prefrontal cortex evolve/change into and does its abilities improve?

But that is a highly unscientific question! =)

Obviously, we have a ways to go...

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