Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss Review: The Pointless Search for Happiness

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If you think about it, it's a bit odd that people value happiness so much, elevating it to this almost mythical status — "The pursuit of happiness;" "I just want you to be happy;" "Don't worry, be happy." This is bizarre and paradoxically unhealthy for a variety of reasons. While words are semantically subjective, 'happiness' is an emotion, and emotions are essentially ephemeral. Rooting for one above all the other's creates a life out of balance, to somehow reference both Pixar's Inside Out and the film Koyaanisqatsi.



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