The Happiness Hypothesis

The Happiness Hypothesis

By Jonathan Haidt

Book Review

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    "This book is absolutely incredible - so much fascinating information, and so readable!!

    First of all, the main hypothesis, that people make decisions with their gut and then use their brains to rationalize those decisions, is well supported. The examples are clear, real, and alive. You'll walk away from the book thinking, there are so many things that I do that I'm completely unaware of...

    Finally, there is so much philosophy and history of psychology interwoven into the hypothesis of the book that you feel like you keep entering a new theatrical stage: one stage after the other, going to the c enter of a performance. And the best thing is, all the history, etc. is presented as "here is this story that shows why this happens" and here's this other story."