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Dan Ariely • Dollars and Sense
Rather, apart from such basic conditions as how well people feel, how much freedom they enjoy, and whether they possess the necessities and comforts of life, the most important sources of happiness seem to include having close relationships with family and friends, helping others, and being active in community, charitable, and political activities.
Derek Bok • The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being
Happy friends make you 15 percent more likely to be happy too. Even if a friend of a friend of a friend becomes happier, there is a 6 percent chance you will become happier.
Eric Barker • Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
social connection and relationships are the single greatest predictor of health and happiness throughout your life.
Julia Baird • Phosphorescence: On awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark
you come in above the Allee Threshold, then the population will grow, because they can keep their mob healthy and protected.
Andrew Chen • The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects
“The Evolution of Altruistic Behavior.”
James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
Jonathan Haidt – What is the Happiness Hypothesis (H = S + C + V)? (JHA-11)
youtube.coma general rule, the closer we are to someone, the more likely we are to imitate some of their habits.
James Clear • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
This reveals the ultimate function of cities: cities are social reactors, places where interactions among many different strangers can be realized and sustained. Ultimately, it is this accelerating dynamic that creates the buzz of a great city.