Everybody Have Fun - What can policymakers learn from happiness research?
by Elizabeth Kolbert
In 1978, a trio of psychologists curious about happiness assembled two groups of subjects. In the first were winners of the Illinois state lottery. These men and women had received jackpots...
Aditya Chakrabortty - The Guardian, Tuesday 2 March 2010
Marching in the drizzle against wars in far-off countries, writing letters protesting the government's latest reactionary policy, sitting through interminable meetings that keep sprouting Any Other Business. It may be noble, but political activism is hardly...