This is a fun and interesting book that was quite enjoyable. It combines Scientific Research with Philosophy and Humor. He spends a lot of time talking about the results of various studies that show how our minds work and how we fill in the blank areas of our perceptions of the past, present and future. This filling in colors how we remember the past or imagine the future, and is influenced by how we are feeling in the present. The fact that we don't realize this is happening can lead us to believe in our own fantasies, and then to make important life decisions based on them. He also shows that we often sabotage our happiness by doing things like keeping our options open or conflating things that give us pleasure with things that make us happy. Sometimes we pursue goals thinking that they will lead us to a state of happiness only to find that our happiness after achieving the goal is short lived or perhaps less intense than we imagined it would be. Often that's because we failed to factor in how the human mind works as well as various other issues pertaining to the nature of happiness. These things are explored in depth by Daniel Gilbert, and possible solutions are examined.Get more detail about Stumbling on Happiness.
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