Daniel Gilbert




Daniel Gilbert

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Dan Gilbert believes that, in our ardent, lifelong pursuit of happiness, most of us have the wrong map. In the same way that optical illusions fool our eyes -- and fool everyone’s eyes in the same way -- Gilbert argues that our brains systematically misjudge what will make us happy. And these quirks in our cognition make humans very poor predictors of our own bliss.

The premise of his current research -- that our assumptions about what will make us happy are often wrong -- is supported with clinical research drawn from psychology and neuroscience. But his delivery is what sets him apart. His engaging -- and often hilarious -- style pokes fun at typical human beh...more




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Stumbling on Happiness Stumbling on Happiness
by Daniel Gilbert
avg rating 3.58 — 2,676 ratings — published 2006
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Hacking World of Warcraft Hacking World of Warcraft
by Daniel Gilbert, James Whitehead II
avg rating 3.67 — 9 ratings — published 2007
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Pawn to Infinity Pawn to Infinity
by Fred Saberhagen (Editor), Jane Saberhagen (Editor), Victor Contoski, Daniel Gilbert, Ambrose Bierce, Robert Frazier, Alfred Stewart, Gene Wolfe more...
avg rating 4.33 — 6 ratings — published 1982
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Magi Magi
by Daniel Gilbert
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2007
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Reactive Oxygen Species in Bio... Reactive Oxygen Species in Biological Systems
by Daniel Gilbert
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Le Perou Le Perou
by Daniel Gilbert
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Barriada, Haute-Espérance: RÃ... Barriada, Haute-Espérance: Récit d'une coopération au Pérou
by Daniel Gilbert
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Stumbling on Happiness Stumbling on Happiness
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Annotated Instructors Edition Annotated Instructors Edition (Orginal 0-13-122417-4 to Be Restickered)
by James Stoner, Daniel Gilbert
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Improving Organizational Effec... Improving Organizational Effectiveness Through Broadbanding (Innovations)
by Kenan S. Abosch, Daniel Gilbert
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Dan Gilbert: Exploring the frontiers of happiness
 
Dan Gilbert: Exploring the frontiers of happiness
Daniel GilbertStumbling on Happiness
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"My friends tell me that I have a tendency to point out problems without offering solutions, but they never tell me what I should do about it."
Daniel Gilbert (Stumbling on Happiness)
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"The fact that we often judge the pleasure of an experience by its ending can cause us to make some curious choices."
Daniel Gilbert (Stumbling on Happiness)
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"We live in a world in which people are censured, demoted, imprisoned, beheaded, simply because they have opened their mouths, flapped their lips, and vibrated some air. Yes, those vibrations can make us feel sad or stupid or alienated. Tough shit. That's the price of admission to the marketplace of ideas. Hateful, blasphemous, prejudiced, vulgar, rude, or ignorant remarks are the music of a free society, and the relentless patter of idiots is how we know we're in one. When all the words in our public conversation are fair, good, and true, it's time to make a run for the fence."
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