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‘Afstand scheidt enkel de lichamen, niet de geesten’ (Erasmus) Desiderius Erasmus, the well known Dutch Renaissance humanist, once said that: “Distance only separates our bodies, our minds are always connected”. Which is a remarkable contribution to the Virtual Happiness Hypothesis. Especially when you think of the fact that Erasmus lived from 1469 – 1536. And [...]

Andrew Lahde, manager of a small California hedge fund, Lahde Capital, burst into the spotlight last year after his one-year-old fund returned 866 percent betting against the subprime collapse. Last month, he did the unthinkable — he shut things down, claiming dealing with his bank counterparties had become too risky. Today, Lahde passed along his [...]

My good friend Maarten Lens-Fritzgerald is on an amazing journey. You should definitely check out his weblog about his fight against a tumor named Theo. But the reason that I mention him here, is that he shared a book by Alain de Botton with me that is titled “The Architecture of Happiness“. A little preview [...]

Today I received a very nice email from Linda Stone, who I met during at the PicNic Conference. She’s was enthousiastic about our project and called it “ambitious” Also she asked if we were familiar with the “internet makes me sad”-research, which was done in 1998. I’ve been receiving a lot of these very helpful [...]

Tara Hunt is a fantastic speaker on conferences that are on the verge of marketing and digital media. A few months ago she also did a workshop at Thinking Digital UK: “Happiness as your business model”. Here are her slides: You can also follow Tara on Twitter.

Stumbling on Happiness is an absolutely fantastic book that will shatter your most deeply held convictions about how your own mind works. Ceaselessly entertaining, Gilbert is the perfect guide to some of the most interesting psychological research ever performed. Think you know what makes you happy? You won’t know for sure until you have read [...]