Shankar Vedantam

For the last episode in our You 2.0 series, we bring you a favorite conversation with Harvard researcher Dan Gilbert. He explains why we're bad at predicting our future happiness, how that affects our decision making, and why we're actually happier after making a decision that feels irrevocable.

Harvard researcher Dan Gilbert discusses the inaccuracy of predicting future happiness, its influence on decision making, and the happiness found in irrevocable decisions.

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