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Do We Need a New Word for 'Happiness'? Katie Couric talks to Dr Laurie Santos

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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The Importance of Happiness

Happiness seems like at the high end of the emotional scale, right? And that's unattainable because nobody's happy all the time. True happiness allows for the normal kinds of spots where you're not going to feel great. Heritability estimates are at about 30%. It means there's something to be said for being born on a sunny day.

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