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On a good day, TED talks are great way to spend 25 minutes not watching youtube when at work. ^^.

Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong — a premise he supports with intriguing research, and explains in his accessible and unexpectedly funny book, Stumbling on Happiness.

Some interesting points:
1. “damn fine bets”
2. People are horrible at odds in real life.
3. More dogs than pigs on leashes.
4. Not a bad rule of thumb, except when it is.
5. $25 big macs aren’t that bada deal; context affects decisions. Not probability.
6. A good deal that used to be a great deal is not nearly as good as an awful deal that was once a horrible deal.
7. People are bad at comparing with the past as well as the possible.