The 'Instagram Generation' now experiences the present as an anticipated memory

It's clear that policymakers and economists are going to be interested in the measurement of well-being primarily as it correlates with health; they also want to know whether researchers can validate subjective responses with physiological indices.

Most people are highly optimistic most of the time.

Researchers who studied a thousand Dutch vacationers concluded that by far the greatest amount of happiness extracted from the vacation is derived from the anticipation period.

If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.

Many people will admit that they made a mistake [putting money in dot-coms or telecoms at their peak] But that doesn’t mean that they’ve changed their mind about anything in particular. It doesn’t mean that they are now able to avoid that mistake.

A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise.