Dr. Laurie Santos: Happiness Problem

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The Science of Well-Being for Teens
Lesson 2.5
"Happiness Problem #2: We Compare Ourselves to Other People"
In this video for teens, Dr. Laurie Santos explores the problem of social comparison and its implications on our happiness, drawing from real-life scenarios and scientific studies. Discover how our perception of others' lives, amplified by social media and television, skews our self-evaluations and learn strategies to foster a healthier mindset for a happier life. This is video #14 in Dr. Laurie Santos' series on the science of well-being for teens.
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Laurie is a professor of psychology at Yale University. In addition to her work on the evolutionary origins of human cognition, Laurie is an expert on the science of happiness and the ways in which our minds lie to us about what makes us happy. Her Yale course, Psychology and the Good Life, teaches students how the science of psychology can provide important hints about how to make wiser choices and live a life that’s happier and more fulfilling. The class became Yale’s most popular course in over 300 years, with almost one out of four students enrolled. Her course has been featured in the New York Times, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, GQ Magazine, Slate and O! Magazine. The online version of the class-The Science of Well-Being on Coursera.org-has attracted more than 4 million learners from around the world. A winner of numerous awards both for her science and teaching, she was recently voted as one of Popular Science Magazine’s “Brilliant 10” young minds, and was named in Time Magazine as a “Leading Campus Celebrity.” Her podcast, The Happiness Lab, is a top-3 Apple podcast which has attracted 85+ million downloads since its launch.
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How do we even begin to stop those comparison? It's not easy to ignore where ur friend is making higher marks, better social and romantic relationships meanwhile ur just the loser u are.., we all have equal opportunities so why aren't we doing our best? It indicates that's there's something fundamentally wrong with us and that leads us to a cycle to self critique where we nitpick every decision but never find what's wrong with us