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We're Hard-Wired for Happiness

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Despite all the awful things that happen to human beings during their lifetimes, we seem to be genetically optimistic. When we marry, we never think we'll get divorced. When we get a new job, we don't expect to be fired. And it's...
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How to be Happy (Continued)

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Good news for those of us who are getting older: we're also becoming happier. Scientists know that people in third-world countries are happier than those in the West. Now they've discovered that old people are happier than young people, even though BOTH groups think that young people are the happiest.

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How to be Happy

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Robin Lloyd writes in LiveScience that scientists can tell us how to lead a happy life, but most people don't pay attention and insist on being miserable instead.

Polls do show that Americans are no happier today than they were 50 years ago, despite the fact that most of us have a better quality of life. 10% percent of adult women 4% of...

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