Stumbling on Happiness (Daniel Gilbert)

Daniel Gilbert’s main point is simple: Humans are terrible at predicting what will make them happy. We spend a lot of time thinking things like: “If I get that promotion, I’ll be happy forever.” “If this relationship ends, I’ll never recover.” “That kitchen remodel will change my life.” And Gilbert’s response is basically: “Nope. Your brain is making stuff up again.” The problem is that we’re constantly trying to predict our future happiness, but our brains are unreliable fortune...