Cognitive traps that make it impossible to think straight about happiness are: Trap 1 Reluctannce to admit complexity. People usually think happiness is not useful because they apply happiness to many things; Trap 2 Being happy in... and Being happy about/with... ; Trap 3 Focusing illusion.
In our minds, we have 2 selves. First, experiencing self memorize the present of our lives. Second, remembering self memorize the past of our lives. The biggest difference of these two is handling of time. The speaker explained an example of this. In conclusion, happiness is not a substitute for well-being.
I think studying about happiness is really difficult itself because it is a abstract term!
ReplyDeletea very short but well-organized summary.
ReplyDeleteTry to write the summary a little more organically, Chanida--that is explain what the speaker means when he says a particular thing (e.g., "the focusing illusion"). Actually, though, the central point seemed to be that there are two different aspects to our selves: the experiencing self, which experiences the here and now, and the remembering self, which makes stories of the events in our lives. When we think about being happy, we need to know which aspect of ourselves we are trying to make happy.
ReplyDeleteMy happiness is to read your blog!
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