Laurie Santos, a Yale cognitive scientist, shares insights from her popular course on happiness, discussing how individuals can take charge of their emotional well-being. She highlights Dan Gilbert's "Stumbling on Happiness," which uncovers our tendency to misjudge what will make us happy. Gilbert's concept of impact bias demonstrates that we often exaggerate our emotional responses to life events. Additionally, Catherine Price's "The Power of Fun" promotes the importance of engaging in true fun that fosters connection and playfulness, suggesting that our leisure activities significantly affect well-being.
Laurie Santos emphasizes that we have agency in our happiness, highlighting that understanding our psychological mechanisms can help us improve our well-being.
Dan Gilbert explains our tendency to overestimate the impact of events on our happiness, a phenomenon he terms impact bias, and mentions our psychological immune system.
Catherine Price urges a reevaluation of our leisure activities, suggesting that true fun incorporates connection, flow, and playfulness, rather than passive entertainment.
Santos believes that by changing behaviors and thought patterns, we can increase our happiness, a central theme in her popular Yale course.
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