"I just watched one sparrow for as long as as I could," he says. "It was a remarkably transcendent moment that I, you know, vivid, vivid moment of being alive" He can't sit and watch things for three or four weeks at a time without getting into trouble with his attention span. The author has been to Ocracoke Island in North Carolina but doesn't want to go back yet.
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.