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February 14, 2009

@xhotpinkstarsx its valentines day! love & happiness is in the air.

What is your happiness?
“@xhotpinkstarsx its valentines day! love & happiness is in the air.”
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February 13, 2009

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. — LEO BUSCAGLIA

What is your happiness?
“What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. — LEO BUSCAGLIA”
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February 11, 2009

@LuminousHeart 1 ray of happiness is looking outside my window and seeing fields and my unicorn friends, the 4 horses.

What is your happiness?
“@LuminousHeart 1 ray of happiness is looking outside my window and seeing fields and my unicorn friends, the 4 horses.”
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February 10, 2009

TED t-shirt

Many people love TED, both for the TED-conference and for the talks on TED.com.
Therefore we decided to put our special TED-shirt also in the shop.
This is the design that Jim wore during his talk at TED University last week.

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Happiness is a giant cup of hot tea on a rainy day.

What is your happiness?
“Happiness is a giant cup of hot tea on a rainy day.”
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February 7, 2009

5 ways that the internet can make us happier

Today Jim Stolze gave a talk at TED University about the Virtual Happiness Project. It’s a six minute talk about his month offline, the results of the project and 5 practical tips how the internet can make you happier.

Looking for the slides of this presentation?
And here’s the transscript:
Could you live without the internet?
Ask yourself [...]

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February 6, 2009

Happiness is contagious in social networks

If you’re feeling great today, you may end up inadvertently spreading the joy to someone you don’t even know.
New research shows that in a social network, happiness spreads among people up to three degrees removed from one another. That means when you feel happy, a friend of a friend of a friend has a slightly [...]

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February 5, 2009

One month offline

One of our researchers (Jim Stolze) has walked his talk. For the love of science he went offline for a complete month. A digital goodbye letter can be found here.

At this moment he is back online and has shared parts of his diary with the Dutch paper “De Volkskrant“, but also on The Next Web-blog.

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February 3, 2009

More a state of health than of wealth

What is your happiness?
“RT @AlFerretti: "Happiness is more a state of health than of wealth" retweet”
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