Daniel Gilbert is Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He has won numerous awards for his teaching and research, including the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology. His research has been covered by The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, Money, CNN, U.S. News & World Report, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, Self, Men's Health, Redbook, Glamour, Psychology Today, and many others. His short stories have appeared in Amazing Stories and Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, as well as other magazines and anthologies. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Bringing to life scientific research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, and behavioral economics, this bestselling book reveals what scientists have discovered about the uniquely human ability to imagine the future, and about our capacity to predict how much we will like it when we get there.
• Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink?
• Why will sighted people pay more to avoid going blind than blind people will pay to regain their sight?
• Why do dining companions insist on ordering different meals instead of getting what they really want?
• Why do pigeons seem to have such excellent aim; why can’t we remember one song while listening to another; and why does the line at the grocery store always slow down the moment we join it?
In this brilliant, witty, and accessible book, renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert describes the foibles of imagination and illusions of foresight that cause each of us to misconceive our tomorrows and misestimate our satisfactions. With penetrating insight and sparkling prose, Gilbert explains why we seem to know so little about the hearts and minds of the people we are about to become.
只有激情,那只是短暂的 只有意义,有可能是痛苦的。 幸福是什么呢? 可能真的有些答案是 猫吃鱼,狗吃肉,奥特曼打小怪兽。 不过其实,这些都只是激情而已。 其实真正的幸福是: 猫吃到了自己努力抓到的鱼,狗吃了主人特地为他买来的肉肉,奥特曼打败了一个马上要毁灭地球...
评分如果明天你接到一个电话:通知你中了1000万元大奖,你猜你会是什么感觉?大多数人可能会说:我会因为这一好运而高兴上很长一段时间。 如果明天你接到一个电话:通知你被学校退学,或被公司解雇。你又会有何感受?大多数人可能会觉得:自己会因此而消沉上很长一段时间。 Gilber...
评分刚刚通过TEDtoChina看到了哈佛心理学教授丹·吉尔伯特的TED演讲视频 ,演讲了讲述了关于“合成快乐”的一些有趣的结论: 人脑前额叶皮质具有一种“模拟”的能力,它能根据自己不管是遗传的还是后天获取的经验,来“模拟判断”即将发生的事情是带给自己正向的和负向的感觉,并...
评分#每天浏览一本书# 19/600 《哈佛幸福课》你幸福吗?为什么你我忙碌终日,辛勤工作赚钱的结果,却仍有极大可能缺失内心的幸福感?幸福力不是本能,是技能,你我都需要学习,才能收获满心幸福。 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 买了不...
评分只有激情,那只是短暂的 只有意义,有可能是痛苦的。 幸福是什么呢? 可能真的有些答案是 猫吃鱼,狗吃肉,奥特曼打小怪兽。 不过其实,这些都只是激情而已。 其实真正的幸福是: 猫吃到了自己努力抓到的鱼,狗吃了主人特地为他买来的肉肉,奥特曼打败了一个马上要毁灭地球...
书本身不错,但是对我目前用处不大
评分人要先快乐 学习工作效率才高 = =
评分TED上看了作者的演讲,觉得很受用~
评分不是个人喜欢的话题,可是幽默的笔触和深刻的见解,确实是一本不可多得的好书
评分不是个人喜欢的话题,可是幽默的笔触和深刻的见解,确实是一本不可多得的好书
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