My favorite pieces covering Positive Psychology and adjacent from (roughly) the last seven days.
Time: 4 Rituals That Will Make You Happy, According to Neuroscience by Eric Barker
Positive Prescription: Session with Angela Duckworth by Samantha Boardman
Vice: America’s Search for Happiness Is Driving Us Crazy by Peter Moskowitz
Atlantic: Awe Isn’t Necessarily Good for You by Michelle Nijhuis
Washington Post: A Harvard psychologist explains why forcing positive thinking won’t make you happy by Neda Semnani
New York Magazine: ’Power Posing’ Co-author: ‘I Do Not Believe That ‘Power Pose’ Effects Are Real’ by Jesse Singal
New York Magazine: Here is Amy Cuddy’s Response to Critiques of Her Power-Posing Research by Jesse Singal & Melissa Dahl
Phys.org: Game theory research reveals fragility of common resources by Emil Venere
Economist: Against happiness, no author
Heleo: Adam Grant and Barry Schwartz on Incentives, Motivation, and Chance, no author
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