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...People are less unique than they think,” Gilbert says. “The same kind of things make most people happy, and human relationships is a major...
Finally, people misjudge their future happiness because they underestimate the power of the “psychological immune system.” In a dangerous or embarrassing situation, the human mind retreats into rationality, allowing those involved to move past the event and return to former levels of happiness. Because this psychological immune system does not kick in until necessary, people predict more dramatic changes in their happiness levels than actually occur...
...stuff. This is really interesting,’” Gilbert says proudly. “There’s a whole lay public out there who thinks that science is about rocks and molecules and atoms and that humanists study things like poetry and love and human relationships. With my book, they are finding out for the first time that there is actually a place where these two things meet, where people take scientific methods and study things that people care about. We call that area psychology...
...nine men contributing to a unified whole, with each successfully doing his own solo thing on the side, is a lesson to us all. And, like all the best supergroups, from the Beatles to the Power Rangers, Wu-Tang as a whole includes characters representing the full spectrum of human experience. To rap nerds, the members of the Wu are like family members, as well as familiar sides of one’s own personality. Who among us hasn’t had to argue like the RZA to make his ideas heard despite critical popular opinion...
This mercenary attitude toward matrimony may highlight the uglier aspects of human relationships. But we could perhaps take it as good news, especially for the many Harvard undergraduates aspiring to positions of power in the public sphere. Desperate for a mate? With political power and prestige alone, one will almost certainly find a marriage that withstands the test of time, however unhappily. We can only hope, though, that in the name of love, people will try a little harder...