What Is Happiness? | Shane Gronholz

What happens to human beings in a world without scarcity? If all our needs were met, would we actually be better off? Will technological progress lead to utopia or collapse?Humans are living through massive improvements in material conditions. More people have access to food, ene ...  Show more

What does it mean to live with adversity? How ought we respond to the suffering of others? How can we adapt to hardship?Adversity is a universal experience. Nearly everyone, at some point, faces physical, psychological, or social challenges, and yet suffering often goes unnoticed ...  Show more

Would you rather be comfortable or happy? We often conflate comfort with happiness but they are not the same thing. You can be comfortable without being happy. For instance, you may find it pleasurable to doom scroll but is it really bringing you happiness? At the same time, y ...

Happiness, it turns out, comes down to a science — even though what makes each of us happy can vary pretty widely. Host Cristina Quinn talks to happiness scientist Emiliana Simon-Thomas, science director at UC-Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, about exactly what makes us ha ...  Show more

How your twisted mind is tricking you out of happiness. 

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