By Dacher Keltner — 2016
According to Dacher Keltner, there are important evolutionary reasons: It’s good for our minds, bodies, and social connections.
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For most of my life, I clung to the belief that I wasn’t happy because I “just wasn’t wired that way.”
Studies of polar researchers, astronauts, and others in isolation shed light on possible effects of social distancing, including increased forgetfulness, depression and heart attacks.
Many of us treat joy like the good china, only warranted on special occasions. Even if we know it is within our reach, we may not see it is within our control.