Dan Gilbert And Synthetic Happiness

In this video Dan Gilbert talks about what really makes us happy and what synthetic happiness is. According to Gilbert natural happiness is when we get something we want or we get exactly what we were trying to achieve for. For example getting an “A” on a paper you worked really hard on. Also another example would be getting the promotion you wanted at work. Gilbert also describes natural happiness as stumbling upon what you were exactly aiming for. In this video Dan Gilbert describes synthetic happiness as making the best out of a situation. Gilbert gives the example of Pete Best getting kicked out of the Beatles and now when asked Best says it was the best thing that could have happened to him. Gilbert says there is also a downside to synthetic