Stumbling on Happiness - Daniel Gilbert
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Written by Daniel Gilbert
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Not offering a self-help book, but instead mounting a scientific explanation of the limitations of the human imagination and how it steers us wrong in our search for happiness, Gilbert, a professor of psychology at Harvard, draws on psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy and behavioral economics to argue that, just as we err in remembering the past, so we err in imagining the future. “Our desire to control is so powerful, and the feeling of being in control so rewarding, that people often act as though they can control the uncontrollable,” Gilbert writes, as he reveals how ill-equipped we are to properly preview the future, let alone control it. Unfortunately, he claims, neither personal experience nor cultural wisdom compensates for imagination’s shortcomings. In concluding chapters, he discusses the transmission of inaccurate beliefs from one person’s mind to another, providing salient examples of universal assumptions about human happiness such as the joys of money and of having children. He concludes with the provocative recommendation that, rather than imagination, we should rely on others as surrogates for our future experience. Gilbert’s playful tone and use of commonplace examples render a potentially academic topic accessible and educational, even if his approach is at times overly prescriptive. 150,000 announced first printing
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| This is a Multifile Torrent | |
| 01 Intoduction.mp3 9.58 MBs | |
| 02 Chapter 01 Journey to Elsewhen.mp3 50.61 MBs | |
| 03 Chapter 02 The View from in Here.mp3 55.2 MBs | |
| 04 Chapter 03 Outside Looking In.mp3 41.99 MBs | |
| 05 Chapter 04 In the Blind Spot of the Mind’s Eye.mp3 46.37 MBs | |
| 06 Chapter 05 The Hound of Science.mp3 30.86 MBs | |
| 07 Chapter 06 The Future is Now.mp3 32.85 MBs | |
| 08 Chapter 07 Time Bombs.mp3 48.12 MBs | |
| 09 Chaper 08 Paradise Glossed.mp3 47.87 MBs | |
| 10 Chapter 09 Immune to Reality.mp3 47.4 MBs | |
| 11 Chapter 10 Once Bitten.mp3 37.69 MBs | |
| 12 Chapter 11 Reporting Live from Tomorrow.mp3 50.26 MBs | |
| 13 Afterword.mp3 10.11 MBs | |
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This post has 5 comments with rating of 5/5
June 21st, 2014
Please, if you still have it, seed :) THX!
April 12th, 2015
The end of each chapter seems to be cut off. Does anyone know why?
December 16th, 2015
Yes, the ends of most chapters gets clipped. Probably not a big deal, but slightly frustrating.
November 29th, 2020
Any chance we can get a re-upload. Chapters are all clipped.
July 25th, 2021
Please seed, thanks a lot
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