![]() ![]() And that may be in part because, while American culture openly celebrates happiness-and while, indeed, the pursuit of happiness was written, awkwardly, into the nation’s founding vision-American politics has generally had much less to say about it. ![]() In the United States, the British journalist Ruth Whippman has noted, happiness has become “the overachiever’s ultimate trophy.”īut it is, in that, a prize that is too rarely rewarded. You may be rich, you may be successful, but if you’re not happy, what’s the point? You have not yet won. Happiness can be found anywhere, because happiness, in some sense, can be found everywhere: There it is on Facebook, there it is on TV, there it is in the news, there it is in the ads-presented not merely as a gift, but also as the product of a particularly cheerful strain of Darwinism. ![]() Work hard, play hard, and, if you possibly can-here is Americans’ optimism bias at its most granular-extract a nourishing moment from the removal of mildew. Contentment via Clorox: These are, indeed, boom times for aspirational enjoyment. ![]()
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