Why are we happy?

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Dan Gilbert questions whether we will actually be unhappy if we don’t get what we want.

After a brief discussion on the brain and the function of our imagination Dan moves on to discuss what makes us feel happy?
This is an interesting discussion. Dan’s opinion is that happiness can be synthesised. We have a sort of psychological immune system which helps us change our views of the world in order to help us feel better about the worlds in which we find ourselves. We synthesise happiness and yet we often think that happiness is something to be found.

click here for the link to Dan Guilbert’s lecture

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