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Have you put your happiness beyond your cognitive horizon?

Fast talking psychologist Shawn Achor snappily suggests that we can train our brains to be more effective by being happy:

[ted.com]

FrayedBear 9 Sep 1
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There is no such thing as happy, there are just occasional moments of ascension in to realms of lesser misery 😟

He espouses a delusion adopted by many happy slappies - see no evil hear no evil think no evil.
Simply live in a state of delusion. Therein is madness & folies en masse.

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Sorry the link seems not to work.

It works here. Maybe it's a UK thing [ted.com]

@barjoe Yep that one worked, thank you. Funny.

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I disagree. Senility is bliss.

amen if im crazy or senile ill be oblivious to my own suffering

I shouldn't laugh! My younger sister died through Alzheimer's side effects. She did get distressed & angry in the early stages.

@FrayedBear I cared for my mom the last two years of her life. She wasn't happy at the end but she was happy before she got dementia and it didn't protect her. I shouldn't make jokes about it but I have dark humor.

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