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The Progress Paradox

How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse

By Gregg Easterbrook

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| Paperback | 9780812973037

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In The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook draws upon three decades of wide-ranging research and thinking to make the persuasive assertion that almost all aspects of Western life have vastly improved in the past century–and yet today, most men and women feel less happy than in previous Continue

In The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook draws upon three decades of wide-ranging research and thinking to make the persuasive assertion that almost all aspects of Western life have vastly improved in the past century–and yet today, most men and women feel less happy than in previous generations.

Detailing the emerging science of “positive psychology,” which seeks to understand what causes a person’s sense of well-being, Easterbrook offers an alternative to our culture of crisis and complaint. He makes a compelling case that optimism, gratitude, and acts of forgiveness not only make modern life more fulfilling but are actually in our self-interest. An affirming and constructive way of seeing life anew, The Progress Paradox will change the way you think about your place in the world–and about our collective ability to make it better.

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  • The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse By Gregg Easterbrook

    Why money doesn't make us happyAn editor for The New Republic and The Atlantic, Gregg Easterbrook is known as a keen observer of modern culture. So it's not surprising that he noticed a baffling quality in contemporary Americans despite our material ... (read full critics)

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 400 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0812973038
  • ISBN-13: 9780812973037
  • Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
  • Pub date: Nov 09, 2004
  • Also available as: Hardcover and Audio CD
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