Dan Gilberts starts off by questioning the live audience whether they would rather have the life of a lotto winner of about 314 million dollars, or the life of a paraplegic. Of course, everyone's first answer would be the lottery winner. But, when Gilberts reveals the levels of happiness of each person after a year, shockingly they were the same!
How can someone winning millions of dollars and someone who has lost their limbs have the same amount of happiness? According to this Ted Talks interview, it is.
Gilberts talks about the difference between natural and synthetic happiness. Natural happiness is what we feel when we get what we want. Synthetic happiness is what we try and make ourselves feel even when things don't turn out exactly the way we planned.
Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html
Authority: The speaker is Dan Gilbert, a Harvard psychologist and a best-selling author.Accuracy: Gilbert cites recent and factual studies/experiments conducted in well-known universities, such as the Science of Happiness study conducted at Harvard University.Timeliness: This video was filmed February 2004 so it's only about 8 years old.
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