For example, the happiness chapter, which was of utmost interest to our journey on our positive path, contained three such discussions.įirst, Pinker explained that “happiness has two sides, an experiential or emotional side, and an evaluative or cognitive side.” The emotional side of happiness is your menu of feelings at a given moment the cognitive side is how you feel your life is “these days” or “on the whole.” Understanding this duality, and how each side is measured differently, can help us interpret research on whether we are happy or unhappy as a society.
The strength of the book is its exploration of dualities-complementary or even opposite aspects of a given topic. The book is intellectually rigorous and honest, methodically considering every angle before offering its conclusions. He doesn’t present this conclusion through rose-colored glasses-or, worse, while wearing blinders to the myriad social ills that afflict the world.
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