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What it means to be happy and how to improve our happiness?
- synctext 14y agoCould not stop reading, good 6-pages. Finally, an easy to understand algorithm for discovering happiness. Not easy to execute. It states the obvious, but in a rational, nerd-compatible (VC-compatible) way. Recommended reading.
- keeptrying 14y agoThe consulting company that wrote this would probably have charged $20,000 for it at first publication.
- mdda 14y agoThe company that produced this is an Investment Bank. Clients would not be charged explicitly for the research - it would be part of their 'news feed' from the bank (but to receive that feed, you'd have to give the appearance of being a client worth talking to). It has all the appearance of being something a bank's research people might throw together to show that they had a lighter side (during quiet summer months). Most of the research they've pulled together comes from universities, though.
- denzil 14y agoLooks interesting. I recently read about how to be happier on Less Wrong, it has quite few more tips: http://lesswrong.com/lw/bq0/be_happier/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/bq0/be_happier/
- simonsarris 14y agoThere was a great article about a 72-year study on happiness from Harvard a while back. I submitted it to HN back then and it will probably be of interest to the readers of this paper. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/06/what-makes-us-happy/7439/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/06/what-mak...
- starpilot 14y agoThe author of this release is James Montier. He writes about behavioral finance on his blog http://behaviouralinvesting.blogspot.com http://behaviouralinvesting.blogspot.com and through his books. He's reached shown some very interesting human pitfalls in managing money.