Happiness Is Other People

"Study after study shows that good social relationships are the strongest, most consistent predictor there is of a happy life, even going so far as to call them a "necessary condition for happiness," meaning that humans can't actually be happy without them. This is a finding that cuts across race, age, gender, income and social class so overwhelmingly that it dwarfs any other factor."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/opinion/sunday/happiness-is-other-people.html?referringSource=highlightShare

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The Power of Negative Thinking

The happiness scholar Tal Ben-Shahar compares the relentless pursuit of happiness, happiness as a value, to sunlight. The sun is vital for life on earth, but if you stare directly at it, you can go blind...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/books/review/toxic-positivity-whitney-goodman.html?referringSource=articleShare