Creating Happiness

Here’s Martin Selgiman of the University of Pennsylvania with some thoughts on how happiness can be achieved. Selgiman has done extensive research into the effects of optimism on levels of performance and satisfaction in life.He argues here that psychology can’t just be focused on treating misery. It needs to take a positive approach that emphasizes pleasure, meaning, and flow. He concludes by arguing that technology (as well as entertainment and design) need to be re-tooled to achieve the same ends.