9 TED TALKS ABOUT HAPPINESS

       We live in a global society that has undergone an increase in modern psychological ills such as anxiety attacks, fear of failure, depression and other psychological disorders, for many of us it becomes increasingly difficult to seek happiness in a world where violence, Natural disasters, pollution to the planetary environment, armed conflicts, corruption and economic crises fill the television news, the internet and the pages of printed newspapers.

          The Pursuit of happiness has been a constant mark of human nature in history for a long time. For example, Epicurus, an Athenian philosopher who lived from 341 to 271 BC, already debated with his disciples the causes and way of living a full and with less suferring, few of his teachings remained, such as The Letter o Happiness (To Meneceo), being a great example of how this Greek philosopher thought about the concept of happiness, that we should look more actively for philosophy and try to improve our virtues as human being.

          In the century of lights, the philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), an expressive advocate of utilitarianism, debated the maximization of utility and happiness for a people. In turn, the influences of Enlightenment utilitarian ideas promoted that the pursuit of happiness becomes an established article within the American constitution, such was its importance in society. And the pursuit of happiness remains a topic to be debated and researched incessantly.

          Today, scientists have even created a science known as hedonic to debate about the pursuit of modern happiness and its obstacles. After all, what makes individuals or entire populations happy in the world today?

          In this sense, the king of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck created the term Gross National Happiness that would later become an index to evaluate the happiness of a nation, but which is still much debated by scholars and the target of some criticism.

          The TED Talks brings together more than 2,400 lectures from the most diverse experts in the world to discuss the most different subjects, we have gathered here 10 lectures on happiness, how we can understand it a little better and also some insights on how we must seek it in the present world.

1.Matt Killingsworth-Want to be happier? Stay in the moment.

         Killingswort points out that the content of happiness lies in the experiences of the present moment and the decrease of the rambling of the mind in other facts.

2.Laura Carstensen: Older people are happier

          The researcher argues that average life in the developed world has increased over the decades because of factors such as improved well-being and population health, and their research shows that older people tend to be happier than other age groups and better able to withstand the sadness.

3.Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index

          Nic Marks argues that humanity can find solutions to its future problems, although today the world has focused only on financial progress which has not been a good indicator of the well-being of a population, thus proposes that the world use and value new indicators well-being as the Happy Planet Index.

4- Matthieu Ricard: The habits of happiness

       Matthieu Ricard argues that humanity always seeks welfare and to find it we should not focus on external conditions, but on the inner conditions.

5-Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
           

           The speaker wonders about what makes people happy throughout life by showing a long study from Harvvard University that shows that the cause of happiness is tied to the quality of our personal relationships.

6- Michael Norton: How to buy happiness

          The lecture points out that unhappiness can arise if we use our money selfishly with ourselves, and that happiness can result from the use of our money for the benefit of other people.

7-Nancy Etcoff: Happiness and its surprises

       The speaker sketches that man has always pursued happiness throughout his existence and deals with advances in the field of psychology to understand happiness, harmony with the environment, cooperation with other individuals and social recognition are relevant factors to stimulate the human beiang to be happier.

8-Malcolm Gladwell: Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce

              The lecture deals a little about the history of Howard Moscowitz, the inventor of spaghetti sauce, which allows us to think about the choices we make in the world and how they impact our happiness.

9-Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

             Generally, the talk with good humor addresses the idea that keeping an optimistic outlook to make your brain more effective in accomplishing daily tasks and performance in your work.

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