Summary
Key Facts and Insights from "Stumbling on Happiness"
- Psychological Immune System: Gilbert introduces the concept of a psychological immune system that helps humans to recover from adverse events and adapt to new circumstances.
- Impact Bias: Humans tend to overestimate the emotional impact of future events, both positive and negative, a tendency Gilbert calls "impact bias".
- Imagination and Perception: Our imagination and perception of reality can be flawed, leading to inaccurate predictions about what will make us happy.
- Presentism: Gilbert notes that we tend to view the future through the lens of our present feelings and emotions, a concept known...
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