TED Talk: The Surprising Science of Happiness

Dan Gilbert, author of “Stumbling on Happiness,” challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned. Mr. Gilbert believes that, in our ardent, lifelong pursuit of happiness, most of us have the wrong map. He argues that our brains systematically misjudge what will make us happy. Our TED Talk will be led by Linda Rich.