“Stumbling on Happiness” by Daniel Gilbert
This book is actually focused on how poorly the mind predicts future happiness or unhappiness. In the process of trying to describe faulty mechanisms, the book uncovers many psychological anomalies, some rather interesting. The author also tries to entertain and sprinkles jokes throughout. Chapters are devoted to describing how the mind is fooled in its judgments. At the end, the book states one of the best ways to tell whether something will make you happy is to ask someone in a similar position. I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I have others with similar topics.
