If you could, what superhero power would you like to have? Given my proclivity towards aviation you can probably guess may answer. But, after reading Daniel Gilbert’s “Stumbling on Happiness” and listening to his talk at TED, I wouldn’t choose flying any longer. I’d choose something no superhero or normal person has ever asked for, but after considering the facts you might choose “being able to better control what you think about” yourself. I’ve lost you haven’t I. Gilbert, a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, together with another colleague conveys some really interesting thoughts on what our brains are doing when we’re doing nothing or when we’re thinking about the future. I just finished reading Gilbert’s book and it really does add an interesting spin on a lot of the things I’ve been thinking about over the past two years. If you had already read the book you’d be saying to yourself that you should really trust my advice over your own. 
March 2007
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