Second article strikes me as wrong in some deep and enlightening way. Would love to hear @sarahdoingthing’s reaction (to the abstract).
Sometimes I suspect happiness is a social emotion. Contrast with asocial contentment. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/opinion/sunday/happiness-is-other-people.html … HT: @ilikevests
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Yes, great way to be wrong :). Well since Sarah didn’t bite, I’ll give it a stab. First reaction is skepticism that there’s free lunch here.
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I suspect people wouldn’t *really* be happier if they talked to strangers more—else why don’t we all reinforcement-learn to do it?
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Very possible. Maybe even highly probable :)
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Cool idea. Could explain why as aspie I don't do happy very well, but like solitary stuff.
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Curious to hear you say more about “not doing happy very well.”
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I think subtracting unhappiness can come from within. But adding a certain type of happiness can only come from good people.
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Agree. Also think why people focus on happiness within is because it is a pair/multi person loop. So if you are not in good place, you are
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The primary constraint on all the loops if happiness. So it is accurate to fix your self as highest order bit. But not completely accurate
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It depends on the culture. Depending which side of the Atlantic, emotions can be personal or only real when shared in talk-shows.
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