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Book Review of Stumbling on Happiness

Stumbling on Happiness
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Humorously written and thoughtfully researched, this is a Brain-Games-esque romp through the foibles of human prospection. It's a mix of sociology, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience that will teach you why you've made all those dumb choices, and why you're likely to do it again.

Though not at all a handbook on finding your happiness, Gilbert's thesis (no spoilers here) is simple and powerful. It's one of the few nonfiction books that's made me laugh, literally, out loud.