Stumbling on Happiness

Editorial review

Drawing on cognitive science, the Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains why imagined future experiences feel reliable but routinely mislead us — and what that says about the strange, predictive enterprise of trying to plan a life.

Summary

Drawing on cognitive science, the Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains why imagined future experiences feel reliable but routinely mislead us — and what that says about the strange, predictive enterprise of trying to plan a life.

Key takeaways

• 1

  Stumbling on Happiness rewards readers who want depth as well as momentum.

• 2

  The atmosphere and prose earn a second look after the final chapter.

• 3

  A strong literary fiction discovery on Isahe.

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  Isahe highlights it for balanced, premium editorial curation.