In this week's TED Talk, Dan Gilbert analyzes happiness and our brain's amazing adaptation to synthesize happiness. Given possible futures, most people would expect to be happier having won the lottery compared to becoming paralyzed. However, ask the people in those situations a year later and they both report equal levels of happiness. Our brains can block painful memories and enhance the good to help us adjust to changing situations. Dan Gilbert takes this time to describe our "Psychological Immune System".
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