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November 29, 2006

The Happiness Factor

I've been reading and seeing a lot of reports and articles about happiness and how to get it.  These things are all over the place!  CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta did a thing about monks being happier than regular folks because they meditate 12 hours day and it does something to their brain.  MSNBC has an article about researchers investigating the pursuit of happiness and another about how we're all competing to be the "most stressed out."  Stress is, after all, so chic.

Doesn't this all seem so silly?  There are actually researchers studying how people can become happier.  Hey guys, here's some clues: How about clean up the government, end the war, lower the price of electricity rather than continually raising it, health care for all or at least the kids and elderly, peace and love and holiday joy for all. Some of us are optimists and some are just (no matter what) not, but come on...why are we spending money on researching happiness rather than on the remedies?

Posted at 11:50 PM in Current Affairs |

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