#happiness
3 posts tagged happiness. All tags
Is human happiness the driving force behind scientific innovation?
The case that nearly every technology we love was first built to make our lives easier or to wage war, often both. From the spear and ENIAC to DuPont, and the worry that all this convenience has just made us lazy.
Presentism and Imagination, Depression
Your brain fills in the unknown past and future using how you feel right now, which is why a bad mood makes everything look bleak. Whether knowing about this trick is any use against depression is the part I'm not sure about.
The Sentence
A book on happiness got me thinking about the one trait that sets us apart: we think about the future. It is also, conveniently, the source of my own depression.