Thinking About Thinking in the Age of AI
Many people harbor the idea that happy people lack motivation. New research gives us reason to doubt this long-held assumption.
Many people harbor the idea that happy people lack motivation. New research gives us reason to doubt this long-held assumption.
Some people think happiness is pleasure. Others think it’s meaning. What if it is something else?
A search on “happiness” at Amazon yields 70 thousand results, and a similar search on GoodReads shows more than 5 thousand books. It can be overwhelming.
Dr. Ed Diener spent nearly 40 years researching happiness. He became one of the most highly cited scientists in history. Here is his origin story.
Many people harbor the idea that happy people lack motivation. New research gives us reason to doubt this long-held assumption.