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The surprising science of happiness | Dan Gilbert
TED
Psychologist Dan Gilbert argues in this TED talk that our psychological immune system lets us become happy even when things do not go as planned. He challenges the idea that we will be miserable if we do not get what we want.
HN cites it as one of the best TED talks and as evidence that people adapt to and come to like outcomes they cannot change.
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