Dr. Kaushik Sridhar

Objective vs. Subjective Reasons for Happiness

Reading Time: 2 minutesHappiness is a foundation stone of economic science. People make economic choices – what salary to accept, what product to buy, whether to invest – in order to become happy. The pursuit of happiness clearly matters in economics, even though economists usually speak of it in jargon, substituting such words as “utility” for “happiness.” The […]

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“The Greatest Happiness Principle”

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEnglishman Jeremy Bentham was the first philosopher to posit a pragmatic “greatest happiness principle.” He said that the greatest civilization has the happiest citizenry and, therefore, policies that increase the happiness of the largest number of people are the best ones to follow. However, until recently, little was known about human happiness, and governments stopped

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The 12 Activities of Happiness

Reading Time: 3 minutesResearch suggests that the initial steps to becoming happier can be implemented straightaway. Be grateful – The powerful antidote to negativity about bad life experiences is an “attitude of gratitude” about good experiences. Research indicates that people who appreciate things feel a strong sense of satisfaction and are more optimistic. As such, they are much

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You Can Be Happy!

Reading Time: 2 minutesDon’t be one of those people who believe they are destined to be unhappy. Reorganize your thinking and guess what? You can be happy, even if you aren’t wealthy, beautiful, admired by your peers or a lottery winner. External circumstances don’t determine true happiness. What counts is your attitude toward life. If you’re positive, you

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“Do We, Can We, and Will We Change?” – Learnings from The Climate Reality Corps Training

Reading Time: 5 minutesEvery year, people from various professions and backgrounds — athletes, engineers, doctors, teachers, you name it — take part in the Climate Reality Leadership Corps trainings around the world. Over the course of three days, trainees learn from world-renowned experts about how to inspire their businesses and communities to take action on climate change. I

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Irreversibility?

Reading Time: 4 minutesOngoing CO2 emissions contribute to existing atmospheric conditions, ensuring that by the end of the 21st century, carbon dioxide will be the main determinant of global warming. The deleterious effects of current GHG emissions will last for centuries. Even if all anthropogenic CO2 emissions were to end right now, climate change will continue. According to

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