What Is Happiness?

At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, we asked a group of professors, psychologists, and journalists how they would define happiness. According to Eli Finkel, a professor of psychology at Northwestern University, the definition is twofold: "It seems to me that happiness is some blend of experience of pleasure and the experience of meaning and fulfillment in life," he says. "I think much more of the latter than the former." Other panelists include Tim Kasser, Susan Greenfield, Brian Grazer, Paul Bloom, Suleika Jaouad, Robert D. Putnam, and Jennifer Senior.

[evenreed]

I love the word "Happiness"! It's so fun to say out loud! Happiness! Hap-piness!"

[Spooferish]

Happiness is just an illusion which whole world is trying to have, main words to concentrate in the life are "The journey", "Satisfaction", Comfort and achievements.

When you split above four categories, happiness will become meaningless yet 100 % achievable.

[weirdoemojiarthurrobotiser]

Happiness is being with friends and not being alone all through life.

[weirdoemojiarthurrobotiser]

Happiness is being a good person and listening to your good conscience, having a good conscience, doing the good instead of the bad, not killing, not robbing all through life - this will produce happiness all through life.

[onehaindread]

I love my woman, the women that speak their beautiful minds

[weirdoemojiarthurrobotiser]

Happiness is being with people you like, not being with people you dislike, being with people who likes you, not being with people who dislikes you.

[brd]

One needs to find happiness if one needs. If it is not a need then why try being happy. Live and let live.

[weirdoemojiarthurrobotiser]

Happiness is being blind, deaf the entire life to your spouse and to all life circumstances around you.

[MatthewGoreBGenomics]

Y'all picked the right talking heads, these are some of me favorite. Is Hilary Putnam Roberts or Gloria related?

[carlosmonreal]

hello, happiness consists in achieving love for yourself, that is all.

[catlegs]

no one cares about me so im watching this because i forgot what happiness feels like

[weirdoemojiarthurrobotiser]

Money can buy great immense happiness all through life.

[buddhaneosiddhananda]

A selfish person will never find real happiness... happiness comes from giving... be of service... at all times... seek... serve and meditate... full time...

[AtulPandeyl]

video was nice ....the music reminds me of channel 59 seconds: think a little change a lot by richard wiseman

[weirdoemojiarthurrobotiser]

Happiness is not being with your parents all through life, and not living with them.

[richardignatowicz]

I would Love to be happy. Just other people make you unhappy. 😑

[ابومحمدالعراقي-سط]

Allah
Allah
Allah
Say Allah is One (1)
Allah of Resurrection (2)
Not born nor born (3)
And he did not have a palm for anyone (4)

[weirdoemojiarthurrobotiser]

Happiness also means having lots of money with a spouse, the whole life.