Dan Gilbert on the surprising science of happiness

10/09/19 • 61 min

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Psychologist Daniel Gilbert delves deep into the weird, counterintuitive science of happiness and explains why our minds worry about things we needn’t worry about (and fail to worry about things we really should worry about).

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