What Makes Us Happy
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What Makes Us Happy
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#2"... positive emotions make us more vulnerable than negative ones. One reason is that they’re future-oriented. Fear and sadness have immediate payoffs—protecting us from attack or attracting resources at times of distress. Gratitude and joy, over time, will yield better health and deeper connections—but in the short term actually put us at risk. That’s because, while negative emotions tend to be insulating, positive emotions expose us to the common elements of rejection and heartbreak. ..."
Don't worry about your Startup, it will probably fail. Celebrate every milestone, have fun.
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#3http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=605207
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=865853
Old, but still a very good read.
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#4What would make me happy is to read articles that start of with a good summary of the answer to the question they pose in the title. That way I can know whether it is worth investing the time into reading the rest of it.
Articles that force you to read someone's life storey before getting to the point don't make me happy.
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#6What would make me happy is to read articles that start of with a good summary of the answer to the question they pose in the title. That way I can know whether it is worth investing the time into reading the rest of it. Articles that force you to read someone's life storey before getting to the point don't make me happy.
To be fair, the article is about Valiant the person almost as much it is about his research, though the title is a bit misleading.
Anyway, I read it a few months back and this is the part that still sticks with me:
Vaillant was asked, "What have you learned from the Grant Study men?" Vaillant’s response: "That the only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people."
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#7What would make me happy is to read articles that start of with a good summary of the answer to the question they pose in the title. That way I can know whether it is worth investing the time into reading the rest of it. Articles that force you to read someone's life storey before getting to the point don't make me happy.
I really, really enjoyed that piece, and was pleasantly surprised after the generic title. If someone has the time, it's an interesting narrative with interesting points backed by data.
But for a busier person, they could start at the meat of it, with the numbers. You'd miss the enjoyable narrative and backstory, but get the important details. Link to page 3 of 4, it'll make sense stand-alone but do go back if you enjoy it:
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#8What would make me happy is to read articles that start of with a good summary of the answer to the question they pose in the title. That way I can know whether it is worth investing the time into reading the rest of it. Articles that force you to read someone's life storey before getting to the point don't make me happy.
You might like Bertrand Russell's 1930 _The Conquest of Happiness_. At least if you're the target audience:
"I shall confine my attention to those who are not subject to any extreme cause of outward misery. I shall assume a sufficient income to secure food and shelter, sufficient health to make ordinary bodily activities possible... My purpose is to suggest a cure for the ordinary day-to-day unhappiness from which most people in civilised countries suffer." http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell#Conquest_of_Ha...
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#10What would make me happy is to read articles that start of with a good summary of the answer to the question they pose in the title. That way I can know whether it is worth investing the time into reading the rest of it. Articles that force you to read someone's life storey before getting to the point don't make me happy.
I feel your pain. Most articles on the Internet could use a summary to help the reader make a decision about whether they're worth reading. Most of them would also be a lot better if they just got to their point. And skipped the other stuff.
But this article is very hard to summarize. And it wanders. It's also quite good.