Celine and Stephen explore how cults use the promise of happiness to attract people and keep them on the hook. Also what is the science on happiness? Is happiness genetic? Is it dependant upon external factors? Does money make you happy? Are married people happier? All this and lots more in this week's episode.
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Links
Low expectations
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/ambigamy/201408/the-secret-happiness-and-compassion-low-expectations
Explaining Happiness
https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.1633144100
The discontented pony
http://ponymadbooklovers.blogspot.com/2018/07/book-review-by-tintin-discontented-pony.html
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