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Are We Trading Our Happiness for Modern Comforts?

Five takeaways:

1. Here Brooks points out that while average household income risen over time, average happiness has fallen. Why?
2. The General Social Survey has been measuring social trends among

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Exercise Officially Makes You Happier Than Money, According to Yale and Oxford Research

Five takeaways:

1. This article concerns a recent study of the physical behavior and mental mood of over 1.2 million Americans that showed conclusively that exercise makes a person happier and m

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What Kind of Happiness Do People Value Most?

Five takeaways:

1. This article asks us to ask ourselves: What kind of happiness do we want? “Experienced Happiness,” or “Remembered Happiness”?
2. Happiness has different ve

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Enjoying a Cup of Coffee? You should Thank the Birds and the Bees, Study Finds

Five takeaways:

1. A University of Vermont study shows that coffee beans are much larger and more plentiful when birds and bees collaborate to protect and pollinate coffee plants.
2. Study authors e

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