Why are we so unhappy It seems that the Enlightenment brought forth unparalleled liberty in economic, social and political life, but we are now undergoing a midlife crisis. The politics of happiness is nothing new. Aristotle once said that happiness is the goal of life. But for me, the ...
From the beginning of this century to the middle of the Seventies, the key events of life - university, first job, marriage, first child, empty nest, retirement, widowhood, even death - tended to occur for most people at predictable points in life. But all this has changed in the space...