In which our regular
writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual.
Shocked at the plethora of mental health issues she discovered among her students while
eating with them daily, Yale University professor Laurie Santos
developed a popular new course about the nature of happiness which Yale
now offers free online.
Tom: Santos says it’s not bigger houses or better spouses that make human beings happy. It’s
little things like “making a social connection, or taking time for gratitude,
or taking time to be in the present moment”. What do you think, IC: might she
be on to something there?