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Are Your Expectations Too High?

The Science of Happiness

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What Makes Us Happy?

When we win things that we didn't expect, we get a bigger burst of happiness. And also, you know, it's such a deep lesson for us to be thinking about with respect to the science of happiness. We lead to these expectations that undermine the experience. So i went and really started thinking about what makes people happy here. The basic life structure is right. There's racy. There's universal health care,. People aren't starving, strong middle class.

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