http://willwilkinson.disqus.com/The Sweet Release of ReasonenWed, 25 Feb 2009 03:08:29 -0000http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/02/17/harris-on-happiness/#comment-6592768<p>Their is a line between poverty and wealth.. where negative feelings subside to an extent. When you get to a certain level of poverty.. the anxiety really builds up. </p>slotsWed, 25 Feb 2009 03:08:29 -0000http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/02/17/harris-on-happiness/#comment-3712186<p>If merely the absence of negative feelings is what it's all about, does that lead to <a href="http://entitledtoanopinion.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/you-go-to-hell-and-you-die/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://entitledtoanopinion.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/you-go-to-hell-and-you-die/">anti-natalism</a>?</p>TGGPWed, 20 Feb 2008 18:57:29 -0000http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/02/17/harris-on-happiness/#comment-3712185<p>What he seems to be describing is the concept of "mindfulness", i.e., being focused on and attentive to the present moment as opposed to being preoccupied with the past or the future. Dwelling (maybe regretfully) on the past and rehearsing the future (maybe anxiously) both increase the risk of negative affect, and as Ed Diener and others have found, we have a built-in negativity bias anyway.<br>I have known mindfulness as a lifestyle ideal, and it was a new aspect to me that it works by increasing happiness.</p>KaiTue, 19 Feb 2008 01:47:42 -0000