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- What Makes Us Happy? http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2009/06/what-makes-us-happy/7439/ 5 comments
- Does our economy make us happy? http://blogs.reuters.com/poptech/2010/10/19/does-our-economy-make-us-happy/ 9 comments economy
- Scientific evidence that biking makes us happy http://www.shareable.net/blog/scientific-evidence-that-biking-makes-us-happy 3 comments bicycling
- Why having more no longer makes us happy. http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/49593/ 34 comments reddit.com
- A history of happiness explains why capitalism makes us feel empty inside https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/4/17759590/happiness-fantasy-capitalism-culture-carl-cederstrom 3 comments politics
- Our pursuit of happiness makes us sad http://www.futurity.org/feel-happy-depression-1457232-2/?utm_source=futurity+today&utm_campaign=c9805eac1a-email_campaign_2017_06_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e34e8ee443-c9805eac1a-203922749 4 comments science
- How free markets make us fatter, poorer and less happy https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/10/22/how-free-markets-make-us-fatter-poorer-and-less-happy/?tid=sm_tw 12 comments economy
- What Makes Us Happy?- a 72 year longitudinal study explores the question http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200906/happiness 6 comments philosophy
- Researchers have found that Facebook makes us less happy and less satisfied. http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/08/19/213568763/researchers-facebook-makes-us-sadder-and-less-satisfied 5 comments technology
- Stranger Knows Best: Other People Know More About What Will Make Us Happy Than We Do http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319142352.htm 4 comments science
- Trying to make other people happy makes us happier than trying to make ourselves happy https://www.psypost.org/2022/01/trying-to-make-other-people-happy-makes-us-happier-than-trying-to-make-ourselves-happy-62387 339 comments science
- The happiness ruse: how feeling good became a matter of relentless, competitive work which makes us miserable https://aeon.co/essays/how-did-being-happy-become-a-matter-of-relentless-competitive-work 222 comments philosophy
- Industrial hemp won’t make anyone high, but it certainly can make us happy, because it would deliver a new economic and environmental high for America. http://www.nationalmemo.com/a-common-sense-crop-for-americas-common-good/ 274 comments politics
- ‘I’m glowing’: scientists are unlocking secrets of why forests make us happy | Trees and forests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/02/scientists-unlocking-secrets-why-forests-make-us-happy 2 comments climate
- This is why our phones are making us miserable: happiness isn't the same thing as pleasure, and our brain knows it http://www.businessinsider.com/why-our-phones-are-making-us-miserable-pleasure-isnt-happiness-2018-3/?r=us&ir=t 40 comments technology
- PSV fans hang banner at residence of Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema following decision of no away fans allowed in game against Ajax: "Bullying supporters makes you happy. Your son is a criminal, not us." https://www.ed.nl/psv/psv-supporters-hangen-spandoek-op-bij-woning-van-femke-halsema~aec0988f/ 97 comments soccer
- The same genetic codes that make us prone to depression could also predispose us to positivity and happiness, according to a new study. http://www.sciencealert.com/the-same-genes-could-lead-to-both-happiness-and-depression-say-psychologists? 3 comments science
- [Trent Brown] (to Diggs) Make us all happy slide to Vegas lol you and Ceedee gome be a great duo! I’m just talkin though lol https://twitter.com/trent/status/1239635639009718274?s=21 68 comments nfl
- As an Indian studying in the US, this comic makes me both really happy and really sad. Happy Diwali Reddit! :) http://tambrahmrage.tumblr.com/post/11938307001/happy-deepavali 24 comments india
- Mens-Medication.com - The Best Quality Pills. Let Us Make You Happy With Our Prices. Fastest Drugs Shipping!!! http://mens-medication.com/ 5 comments reddit.com
- Spurs GM RC Buford: "We are happy with the group we have. If we can make it better, we will do it at any opportunity we can. But it’s more than just players. It’s the fit for our group. Our goals for this team are to continue to compete for championships and LaMarcus helps us do that." http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2017/06/22/buford-doesnt-deny-spurs-trade-talk/ 46 comments nba
- 8 Reasons Marriage Doesn't Matter - We women are smart enough to know that a wedding ring won’t make us happy any more than a white dress will make us a virgin. http://www.alternet.org/sex/146474/8_reasons_marriage_doesn%27t_matter 4 comments reddit.com
- This will make the locals happy: Israeli jets are training at US bases in Iraq for Iran strikes http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,l-3566925,00.html 11 comments politics
- The happiness ruse : How did feeling good become a matter of relentless, competitive work; a never-to-be-attained goal which makes us miserable. https://aeon.co/essays/how-did-being-happy-become-a-matter-of-relentless-competitive-work 16 comments philosophy
- Happiness Comes From Respect, Not Riches. A series of studies shows that wealth doesn’t make us happier—but the respect of others does. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/05-5 3 comments politics
- It’s an unquestioned optimism that “the truth will set you free”. But what if knowledge brings suffering and torment? Questioning our optimism that wisdom makes us happy is necessary to really grapple with what sort of reality we might live in. https://www.the-pamphlet.com/articles/unspeakably-awful 49 comments philosophy
- HAPPY token giveaway for positive vibes! Post your Tokit.io wallet address and something that made you happy today. The comment that makes us smile most gets $1,000 of HAPPY tokens! https://medium.com/singulardtv/get-happy-singulardtv-to-release-10-000-000-happy-tokens-for-free-5b8e759df4be 11 comments ethereum
- [Fabrizio Romano] Erik ten Hag: “I am really happy with Cristiano Ronaldo. We have a top striker. He is here with us and is in the squad”. “We want Frenkie de Jong? I didn't know! [smiles] It's about the right players but I won’t make comments. When there is news, you will know”. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1555535180508631042?s=20&t=D49ID0uMkJ4eBci_z2hYGQ 82 comments soccer
- Growing our Economy Won’t Make Us Happier: Philosophers have argued for centuries that the pursuit of material possessions will not bring happiness, psychological research now backs up this claim. Beyond a certain level, additional wealth will not bring happiness, in fact, it may even decrease it. https://www.woroni.com.au/words/growing-our-economy-wont-make-us-happier/ 377 comments philosophy
- Sick of the BofA, hidden overdraft fees and other evils of the US banking system? A new, soon-to-be-launched bank hopes to make bankers happy again. https://banksimple.com/ 22 comments business
- [D'Angelo] Haslem on Wade: “I just want Dwyane to be happy. This is the last lap for us both. We deserve to finish it the right way. Whatever makes him happy finishing his career. … hopefully it’s in Miami. I would love for it to be Miami. I want him to finish it right and have no regrets." http://heatzone.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2017/09/02/udonis-haslem-still-lobbying-for-dwyane-wade-to-finish-career-with-miami-heat/ 48 comments nba
- Scientists analyse Tweets and Blogs. Obama inauguration and holidays make us happy. Michael Jackson's death made us sad. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/08/03/2644563.htm 7 comments science
- [Sankofa] Cunningham on what he's most pleased with about his rookie season: "I’m happy with how much my teammates trust me with the ball. They want me to make plays for us, they want me to be aggressive. I worked really hard to get to where I’m at in basketball ... it means a lot to me." https://twitter.com/omarisankofa/status/1486185245321871360?s=21 3 comments nba
- Steven Pinker: Most of us are very happy with our lives, but the mainstream media’s ‘if it bleeds it leads’ ethos plays up to humanity’s negativity bias by making us miserable on behalf of other people https://iai.tv/video/why-things-get-better?access=all?utmsource=reddit 25 comments philosophy
- "Oh Allah bring upon [the Jews] that which will make us happy. Oh Allah count them one by one and kill them to the very last one": Italian Muslim cleric Abd Al-Barr al-Rawdhi, during Friday prayer service http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/news.aspx/183703#.u9955ca9kk0 462 comments worldnews
- Does having children make us any happier?: Birth of a first and a second child briefly increases parents’ happiness level, but a third does not, research shows; parents’ happiness increases in the year before and after birth of a first child, then quickly decreases and returns to ‘pre-child’ level http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141028082454.htm 9 comments science
- Learning Factory is a relaxing, Linux-friendly factory-building game, where you produce and sell items to cats to make them happy. We've left Early Access Stage 1, celebrate with us by watching this new trailer! https://youtu.be/DaWAdBeqgVQ 4 comments linux_gaming
- Call Us Nazis If It Makes You Happy --- When Germany asserts its interests, as in the euro crisis, critics invoke its Nazi past. How to react? "We must not let ourselves be intimidated. A friendly imperviousness, an unoffended rebuff, are the most judicious responses" http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1476831-call-us-nazis-if-it-makes-you-happy 493 comments worldnews
- A neural link between generosity and happiness - Generosity makes people happier, even if they are only a little generous. Merely promising to be more generous is enough to trigger a change in our brains that makes us happier. People who act solely out of self-interest are less happy. https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15964 22 comments science
- So Helen Thomas has been declared a racist, why? Because she said, Israelis should get out of Palestine. That only shows how brave she is, to say the truth instead of happy lies to make land squatters in a foreign land using the US as an ATM machine feel better about themselves. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100607/ap_on_bi_ge/us_thomas_israel_remarks 195 comments worldnews