Harvard Professor Answers Happiness Questions From Twitter Tech Support
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Date: 2023-03-15
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user1
I thoroughly enjoyed it and i'm going to watch it again and again later. Of course the science of happiness is not hard science and some definitions and ideas are open for critic. For example mindfulness when doing the dishes. I don't see how that is an improvement of thinking about the future or better, listening to a podcast because that's what we do now when we do chores.
Also the definition of wisdom that the professor gives is great however i still prefer my own definition: wisdom is knowing that i'm flawed and everybody is flawed and we all will always be flawed till we die. So i will be compassionate for myself and everybody.
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I thoroughly enjoyed it and i'm going to watch it again and again later. Of course the science of happiness is not hard science and some definitions and ideas are open for critic. For example mindfulness when doing the dishes. I don't see how that is an improvement of thinking about the future or better, listening to a podcast because that's what we do now when we do chores.
Also the definition of wisdom that the professor gives is great however i still prefer my own definition: wisdom is knowing that i'm flawed and everybody is flawed and we all will always be flawed till we die. So i will be compassionate for myself and everybody.
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Lane
I figured out nothing lasts as a kid and honestly it's the single greatest lesson I ever learned. Life hasn't been easy all the time, but. it never lasted. Easier times always came along. Those didn't last either, but there were always positive things to be leaned on even during harder times. It's all cyclical and nothing lasts, so don't sweat it if things aren't the way you'd prefer them to be, eventually they will be. and then they won't be again. Oh well. Read books, pet dogs, watch a sunset, appreciate the moments you have and keep those memories close during the times you don't have those things.
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I figured out nothing lasts as a kid and honestly it's the single greatest lesson I ever learned. Life hasn't been easy all the time, but. it never lasted. Easier times always came along. Those didn't last either, but there were always positive things to be leaned on even during harder times. It's all cyclical and nothing lasts, so don't sweat it if things aren't the way you'd prefer them to be, eventually they will be. and then they won't be again. Oh well. Read books, pet dogs, watch a sunset, appreciate the moments you have and keep those memories close during the times you don't have those things.
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Ondrej
Good summary of the key happiness findings. I would revise one remark though: there are a few studies showing that tourists are actually happier when they take photos than when they do not. It is probably because the social interaction in photographing, and increased appreciation/savoring of whatever they are seeing, outweighs the (probably slight) reduction in mindfulness during the vacation as a whole.
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Good summary of the key happiness findings. I would revise one remark though: there are a few studies showing that tourists are actually happier when they take photos than when they do not. It is probably because the social interaction in photographing, and increased appreciation/savoring of whatever they are seeing, outweighs the (probably slight) reduction in mindfulness during the vacation as a whole.
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Joanna
If you're feeling like life doesn't have enough purpose, answer the following two questions: 1. Why am I alive? 2. And for what would I be willing to die? If you don't have an answer to one your going to have an existential crisis. And you need to go in search with your life of an answer to those two questions.
Thank you so much for this. It is so simple yet so hard. C'est la vie
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If you're feeling like life doesn't have enough purpose, answer the following two questions: 1. Why am I alive? 2. And for what would I be willing to die? If you don't have an answer to one your going to have an existential crisis. And you need to go in search with your life of an answer to those two questions.
Thank you so much for this. It is so simple yet so hard. C'est la vie
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William
I must not fear
Fear is the mind-killer
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration
I will face my fear
I will allow to pass over me and through me
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path
Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing
Only I will remain
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I must not fear
Fear is the mind-killer
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration
I will face my fear
I will allow to pass over me and through me
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path
Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing
Only I will remain
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Robbie
Thank you so much for spreading the message(building awareness) about a happier, healthier lifestyle. I especially feel appreciative about how you taught that social media is junk food. What a relief!
The news is getting out there and will empower a healthier society(inside and out.
Grateful for you!
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Thank you so much for spreading the message(building awareness) about a happier, healthier lifestyle. I especially feel appreciative about how you taught that social media is junk food. What a relief!
The news is getting out there and will empower a healthier society(inside and out.
Grateful for you!
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jonne
About the thumb nail question, I guess to counter that feeling you should think like ok, I reached my goal, Im a little bit happier than I was before and thats ok.
We should always keep getting a little bit happier with each goal and not dump all of our happiness in one of them.
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About the thumb nail question, I guess to counter that feeling you should think like ok, I reached my goal, Im a little bit happier than I was before and thats ok.
We should always keep getting a little bit happier with each goal and not dump all of our happiness in one of them.
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JointSnipe
One of the most intelligent and accurate psychology interviews I've seen. So incredibly accurate. He explains vastly deep concepts rather quickly, I paused a few times just to realize how accurate they all are.
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One of the most intelligent and accurate psychology interviews I've seen. So incredibly accurate. He explains vastly deep concepts rather quickly, I paused a few times just to realize how accurate they all are.
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Gzeebo
The question is not What would you die for? The question is What would you kill for? I was always very unhappy until I started killing people. Since then I've never been happier. It is my reason for living.
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The question is not What would you die for? The question is What would you kill for? I was always very unhappy until I started killing people. Since then I've never been happier. It is my reason for living.
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Sisa
I passed a cert exam today, and after all the congratulationses and well dones I'm now panicking because passing this was a lot of what I was looking forward to, and now it looks like nothing's ahead
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I passed a cert exam today, and after all the congratulationses and well dones I'm now panicking because passing this was a lot of what I was looking forward to, and now it looks like nothing's ahead
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Heinrich
i just have to say it, professor Brooks looks kinda like the AI-generated child of Jake Gyllenhal (do you see it) and John Malkovitch (do you see it) just put pictures of them next to eachother.
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i just have to say it, professor Brooks looks kinda like the AI-generated child of Jake Gyllenhal (do you see it) and John Malkovitch (do you see it) just put pictures of them next to eachother.
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Sage
hi! my name is sage, i am 19 and i have been struggling with temporal lobe epilepsy for the past 5 years. i was wondering maybe there can be a nuerologist do seizure support! Thank you.
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hi! my name is sage, i am 19 and i have been struggling with temporal lobe epilepsy for the past 5 years. i was wondering maybe there can be a nuerologist do seizure support! Thank you.
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Jaiden
This brought so much awareness to me in a time of need. Currently going through an existential crisis like he describes in 5: 46. Love when stuff like this shows up at the right time.
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This brought so much awareness to me in a time of need. Currently going through an existential crisis like he describes in 5: 46. Love when stuff like this shows up at the right time.
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Angellance7
Glad to hear someone really smart spread out the word about being a more conscious person and to practice this idea on a day to day basis, that's really needed in the world
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Glad to hear someone really smart spread out the word about being a more conscious person and to practice this idea on a day to day basis, that's really needed in the world
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