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The Happiness Trip

by Eduardo Punset

Foreword by Antonio Damasio

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments — vii
Foreword — ix
Introduction — xi
1. Happiness Is a Maintenance Cost — 1
2. Happiness in Amoebas, Reptiles, and Nonhuman Mammals — 12
3. Happiness Is a Fleeting Emotion — 32
4. The Internal Factors in Happiness — 43
5. The External Factors in Happiness — 61
6. The Causes of Unhappiness in Complex Societies — 90
7. Planned Happiness: Food, Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, Music, and Art — 117
8. The Happiness Formula — 133
9. Suggested Reading — 150
Index — 153