Comments on: Sam Harris on Happiness

By: surplus

surplus — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:32:48 +0000

I think your right. money makes not happy and well feeling. But: I helps to sleep better.

By: slots

slots — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:08:29 +0000

Their is a line between poverty and wealth.. where negative feelings subside to an extent. When you get to a certain level of poverty.. the anxiety really builds up.

By: TGGP

TGGP — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:57:29 +0000

If merely the absence of negative feelings is what it's all about, does that lead to anti-natalism?

By: TGGP

TGGP — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:57:00 +0000

If merely the absence of negative feelings is what it's all about, does that lead to anti-natalism?

By: Kai

Kai — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:47:42 +0000

What he seems to be describing is the concept of “mindfulness”, i.e., being focused on and attentive to the present moment as opposed to being preoccupied with the past or the future. Dwelling (maybe regretfully) on the past and rehearsing the future (maybe anxiously) both increase the risk of negative affect, and as Ed Diener and others have found, we have a built-in negativity bias anyway.
I have known mindfulness as a lifestyle ideal, and it was a new aspect to me that it works by increasing happiness.

By: Kai

Kai — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:47:00 +0000