Can We Make The World Happier? If So, How?
[Note to reader: this is a 2,000 word philosophy essay, rather than a easy-read blog post. It’s a work in progress, and comments very welcome]
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January 2016
Need a new New Year’s Resolution? Teach yourself to be happier in 12 minutes a day
It’s a New Year. This means, for a limited period only, it’s acceptable to tell strangers about our grand plans to win at life: how […]
November 2015
Want To Be Happier? Change How You Think Or What You Think About.
What would bring you more happiness? Go on, I’m asking you. I’m not going to give it to you, but I’d like to know. Serious […]
October 2015
How can we pursue happiness if we don’t know what it is?
Everyone wants to be happy, don’t they? Aristotle thought it was the goal of life. The Declaration of Independence states we have an alienable right to […]
Matt Damon Must Die: Why ‘The Martian’ Is A Terrible Example Of How To Save A Life
On the face of it, Ridley Scott’s film is a straightforwardly inspiring story of one man’s battle against the odds to survive until a gargantuan rescue […]
September 2015
New UK Happiness Survey Results: We’re Getting Happier But Leave London For The West Country
The Office of National Statistics has just completed it’s major annual poll of well-being. 165,000 Britons were asking about their levels of […]
April 2015
David Cameron Has Promised Voters ‘The Good Life’, But What Does That Even Mean? And Is He Right?
Originally published in the Huffington Post and republished below.
Unusually for British politics, a British politician talked about morality. At the Conservative Party’s […]
Which party should you vote for to make you happiest?
Originally published in the New Statesman and republished below