Dan Gilbert on the Situation of Our Decisions
Posted by The Situationist Staff on October 19, 2009
Situationist friend Dan Gilbert, who will be speaking today at Harvard Law School (details here), recently completed another fascinating TedTalk. Here is their summary: “Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness — sharing some surprising tests and experiments that you can also try on yourself. Watch through to the end for a sparkling Q&A with some familiar TED faces.” Here’s the video.
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For a sample of previous Situationist posts by or about Dan Gilbert and his work, see “The Situational Consequences of Uncertainty,” “Dan Gilbert on the Situation of Psychology,” “Something to Smile About,” “The Situation of Climate Change,” “The Heat is On,” “Don’t Worry, But Don’t Be Happy, Either?,” “The Situation of Happiness,” “The Unlucky Irish: Celtics Fans and Affective Forecasting,” and “Conversation with Dan Gilbert.”
To review a collection of Situationist posts about the psychology of happiness, click here.
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Miguel said
Hi Situationist,
Great find. I’m a big fan of Dan Gilbert, TED, and your website. Thanks for being such a fantastic source of important ideas and content. Also thank you for including me in your blogroll.
Best,
Miguel Barbosa