Bringing together the latest insights from psychiatry, psychology,
and philosophy, Daniel Nettle sheds light on happiness, the most
basic of human desires. Nettle examines whether people are
basically happy or unhappy, whether success can make us happy, what
sort of remedies to unhappiness work, why some people are happier
than others, and much more.
The book is packed with fascinating observations. We discover the
evolutionary reason why negative thoughts are more powerful than
positive ones. We read that happiness varies from country to
country, for example, the Swiss are much more happy than
Bulgarians. And we learn that, in a poll among people aged 42 years
old--peak mid-life crisis time--more than half rated their
happiness an 8, 9, or 10 out of 10, and 90% rated it above 5.
Nettle, a psychologist, is particularly insightful in discussing
the brain systems underlying emotions and moods, ranging from
serotonin, to mood enhancing drugs such as D-fenfluramine, which
reduces negative thinking in less than an hour; to the part of the
brain that, when electrically stimulated, provides feelings of
benevolent calm and even euphoria. In the end, Nettle suggests that
we would all probably be happier by trading income or material
goods for time with people or hobbies, though most people do not do
so.
Happiness offers a remarkable portrait of the feeling that poets,
politicians, and philosophers all agree truly makes the world go
round.
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