'Genes Matter,' Says Scientist Studying Social Media and Mental Health
The study found only small links between social media use and users' well-being.
Happiness
Don't Count on Quitting Social Media To Make Your Life Better
A new meta-analysis finds “no significant effects of social media abstinence interventions on positive affect, negative affect, or life satisfaction.”
Abigail Shrier: Stop Obsessing Over Our Children's Happiness
The author of Bad Therapy argues that we have created a generation of "emotional hypochondriacs."
American Nightmare
Plus: Squatters, Julian Assange, teen babysitters, Hong Kong migration, and more...
Study: Around the World, Internet Use Linked to Greater Well-Being
Plus: Tennessee drag law halted, the FTC's proposed ban on negative option marketing, and more...
More Americans Are Satisfied With Their Lives Now Than Before COVID-19, Says Gallup Survey
Survey data suggest that 59.2 percent of Americans are "thriving"—the highest percentage recorded in Gallup's 13 years of measurement. Take that, 2020.
More Money Does Buy More Happiness
Researchers and economists have been debating this idea for decades, and a new study in the journal Emotion sheds more light on the role money plays in increasing happiness levels.
More Money Does Buy More Happiness, Says Study
If you think that money can't buy happiness, that means you just don't know where to shop.
Resolutions To See You Through a New (Election) Year
Too many of your friends and neighbors are tribal idiots, but they're not the worst tribal idiots in recent memory, by any means.
Oh, the Places They'll Go—If You Let Go
An economist's guide to happier, more relaxed parenting
Warmer Temperatures: More Climate Satisfaction in U.S.
At least for the next several decades.
Mississippi Is the Most Religious and Vermont the Least Religious of the States
Hmm. I wonder what other comparisons might one make?
Smarter People Are Happier People
New study contradicts earlier findings of no correlation between intelligence and happiness
Watching Porn Predicts Divorce? A Few Reasons To Be Skeptical
Watching porn "may have negative effects on marital stability," said sociologist Samuel Perry.
Science Is a Good Substitute for God
Believers in sci-tech progress tend to be happier than the religiously faithful, says new study
Economic Freedom Makes People Happy
New study finds that happiness correlates with living in a free society.
Liberals Better Than Conservatives Again, Says New Study on Who's Happier
I am just happy to be a libertarian.
'Happy' Bhutan Persecuted and Expelled a Minority Population
International not-so-happy day?
Can Money Buy Happiness After All?
New research suggests an old paradox might not be true.
