The savanna theory of happiness
This chapter describes the savanna theory of happiness, which posits that it may not be only the consequences of a given situation in the current environment that affect individuals’ happiness but also what its consequences would have been in the ancestral environment. The theory further suggests th...
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Main Authors: | KANAZAWA, Satoshi, LI, Norman P. |
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Language: | English |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2018
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2672 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3929/viewcontent/Savanna_Theory_of_Happiness_av.pdf |
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