David Frum: I think there's two senses in which life is not a gymnastics routine. He says the idea that somehow you can plan your life like a gymnastic routine or like a giant algorithm stretching forward is wrong. But he adds, measuring happiness is no more mysterious or fraught than measuring depression or anxiety and it should be no more controversial.Frum: My wife is probably the best measure for me of how happy I am. And when we talk later about, and for those listeners by the way, thinking, You know, I don't want to hear all this stuff about happiness.
Philosopher and author Daniel Haybron of St. Louis University talks about his book, Happiness, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Happiness turns out to be a little more complicated than it sounds. Haybron discusses the good life and different philosophical perspectives on how to achieve happiness.