Some interesting research about happiness

I just heard an excellent interview with a guy called Joshua Shenk on Radio NZ about a Harvard university study which has been running for 72 years (so you've probably heard about it). I'd heard about it some years ago, initially in a lecture about public health policy, but it seemed timely given my previous entry.

The study takes in the lives of 237 Harvard lads and it makes interesting reading.

Here you go

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness


http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2001/06.07/01-happywell.html