The Happiness Myth: Why What We Think Is Right Is Wrong by Jennifer Michael Hecht

The Happiness Myth: Why What We Think Is Right Is Wrong

Jennifer Michael Hecht

368 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy psychology informative reflective slow-paced
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"We think of our version of a happy life as more like physics than like pop songs; we expect the people of the next century to agree with our basic tenets—for instance, that broccoli is good for a happy life and that opium is bad—but they will not...

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