The Science of Happiness

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"# The Science of Happiness Nineteen seventy-eight. A research team interviews a man who just won the lottery. Then they interview someone who survived a terrible accident... and became paraplegic. A year later, they come back. The lottery winner? About as happy as before he won. The accident victim? Same story. Back to baseline. Philip Brickman published those findings, and nobody quite knew what to do with them. Because if winning the lottery doesn't make you lastingly happier... what..."