Most People Are Highly Optimistic

If People Do Not Know What Is Going To Make Them Better Off Or Give Them Pleasure, Then The Idea That You Can Trust People To Do What Will Give Them Pleasure Becomes Questionable.

We Deeply Want To Be Led By People Who Know What They're Doing And Who Don't Have To Think About It Too Much.

I Enjoy Being Active, But I Look Forward To The Day When I Can Retire To The Internet.

It's Clear That Policymakers And Economists Are Going To Be Interested In The Measurement Of Well-being Primarily As It Correlates With Health; They Also Want To Know Whether Researchers Can Validate Subjective Responses With Physiological Indices.

You Should Expect Little Or Nothing From Wall Street Stock Pickers Who Hope To Be More Accurate Than The Market In Predicting The Future Of Prices. And You Should Not Expect Much From Pundits Making Long-term Forecasts.