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1. www.happiness.hks.harvard.edu › december-2023The (expanded) history of American happiness

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   Dec 21, 2023 · In this spirit, I aim to chart the historical underpinnings of contemporary American happiness. And with a deeper dive on the history, it is the hope of the Leadership & Happiness Laboratory that we can learn how American society can chart a more meaningful ethos of national happiness.

2. www.theatlantic.com › what-makes-us-happy › 307439What Makes Us Happy? - The Atlantic

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   What Makes Us Happy? Is there a formula—some mix of love, work, and psychological adaptation—for a good life? By Joshua Wolf Shenk. June 2009 Issue.

3. www.brookings.edu › articles › happiness-and-agingHappiness and aging in the US: Why it is different from other ...

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   Dec 7, 2020 · David G. Blanchflower and Carol Graham share new research on happiness and aging in the United States.

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4. www.weforum.org › stories › 2015What science tells us about the pursuit of happiness

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   Feb 23, 2015 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests.

5. hbr.org › 2012 › 01The History of Happiness - Harvard Business Review

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   Summary. Reprint: R1201H In the 18th century, the Enlightenment ushered in the notion that happiness was the attainment of a worthy life. Since then the pursuit of happiness has spread to every...

6. www.wbur.org › onpoint › 2024/01/02Lessons from the world's longest happiness study | On Point

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   Jan 2, 2024 · During times of financial stress, political division and even war, what is the relevance of happiness? (Leon NealL/AFP via Getty Images) For decades, Harvard researchers have been studying what...

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   What is a lesson from the history of American happiness?

   • This will lead to a more satisfying pursuit of happiness. Perhaps the most important lesson from the history of American happiness is the community-to-individual shift. Make no mistake: a hallmark of the American project is the freedom of the individual to create new ideas and products that make society better.

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   What is happiness & why is it important?

   • Reprint: R1201H In the 18th century, the Enlightenment ushered in the notion that happiness was the attainment of a worthy life. Since then the pursuit of happiness has spread to every aspect of behavior, from religion and politics to work and parenting. Today the happiness imperative creates pressures that, paradoxically, can make us miserable.

   The History of Happiness - Harvard Business Review

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   What did the Enlightenment say about happiness?

   • Summary. Reprint: R1201H In the 18th century, the Enlightenment ushered in the notion that happiness was the attainment of a worthy life. Since then the pursuit of happiness has spread to every aspect of behavior, from religion and politics to work and parenting.

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   What era was outward happiness based on?

   • Per the industrial era’s dictate, wives ought to be smiling—no matter how they truly felt. The second era, to Stearns, that cemented America's version of outward happiness occurred in the 20th century. As the American economy became stronger, more men focused on showing outward happiness rather than finding inner fulfillment.

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   Where does happiness come from?

   • To go back to the source, consider the word happiness itself, which in every Indo-European language is cognate with luck: the English happiness, for example, derives from the Old Norse word happ, meaning precisely that—luck. Such wisdom was once widely received.

   Happiness In America Isn’t What It Used to Be | TIME

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   Why should we pursue happiness together?

   • Pursuing happiness together will strip away the illusion of the individual—that all our success, or failures, are uniquely our fault. It will also, as Levin suggests, provide us with a shared commitment to one another, by which the quest for influence will appear much less of a zero-sum game.

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8. time.com › 6244240Happiness In America Isn’t What It Used to Be | TIME

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   Jan 10, 2023 · Indeed, the founders conceived of the “science of government” as what John Adams called “the science of social happiness.” In short, just as individuals had a right to pursue happiness,...