Tag: Daniel Gilbert
3 posts tagged "Daniel Gilbert".
American social psychologist at Harvard (born 1957) best known for his witty, influential book Stumbling on Happiness. Gilbert's research centres on affective forecasting — our striking inability to predict what will actually make us happy — showing that we systematically overestimate the emotional impact of future events and underestimate our own resilience. This work is foundational to the blog's treatment of happiness, the hedonic treadmill, and why chasing more money or status so often disappoints. His findings on "miswanting" are a recurring caution against trusting our gut about future satisfaction, and a key input to clearer decision-making about how to spend a life.
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Time Travel for Pleasure and Profit
Our meatsack bodies slavishly plod along at the precise rate of one second per second.
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Better to Reign in Hell Than Serve in Heaven
‘Better to rule in hell than serve in heaven’ is the unofficial motto of freelancers and entrepreneurs. But escaping the tyranny of work comes at a price. Is it worth it?
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Goals Gone Wild
There’s a huge body of evidence that goal setting works, which is why everyone refuses to shut up about it. But could it be that goals are too powerful?
