Can technology make us happy? really?

Question: Can technology make us happy?
"I think technology could be quite relevant to our happiness. That is, we could use technology to improve it. But I don't think we do..." - said Dan Gilbert, Professor of Psychology in Harvard University.

Human is the only animal which can use specific power called intelligence on the daily base. We build cities, and by the fact I know we create technologies. I remember when cellphone used to be only for calling and playing Snake. There was no internet, no Facebook, no twitter, nothing that connects old-fashioned phone to our new world smart phones. Even nowadays we expect new technology releases every half year, making us buy more updated and interesting pieces, but people never could ask whether technologies make us happier or not. How I believe buying technologies, lead us to happy feeling of acquiring something new but it's not what we could call happiness. Do people know what make them happy? No. We don't (I'm sorry mom, but we really don't). ;) That's probably why our technologies don't make us happy. What Dan Gilbert suggested to us is to start make technologies that "can" make us happy, effecting brain physically, like happy pills... So, having the cure, the technologies, there is only one question... Do we want to use them? Do you want to use happy pills? I've been on them for a year or less, and I'm saying it's not happy at all ;) It makes you feel little different than happy, sometimes it even makes you even happier than you want. Also it leads to some unexpected mental problems, which about I really can't write, since I'm not a pharmacists. So will technologies go to my list of "happy things"? I cannot tell yet, since I want to observe this theme a little more. Only thing I would say about technologies is. Think about it, only technologies that make us happy are technologies that connect us to our family, lovers, friends, that's a real happiness. Love people surrounding you, kids stay out of drugs, livin' positive ;)

For you to stay out of drugs, another app I found here ;)

Tribute to creativity...

Isn't it hard to do at the fast food where you partly work? (photo by Gareth Davies)

We know how it's important to be creative. Even living in our modern world of Globalization, working at job which is full of "alienation" we just forget what it's like to be creative, bring creativity in your job, make people smile, that's another secret of happiness... So why won't we be creative today and see how world around us change, happy creative day, livin' positive ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdlBJ-q-4JE

Science says...

Checking out "Yes! magazine" I stopped on Interactive Graphic that shows "10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy". Interested in answering philosophical question "what makes us happy", father-son researchers Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener, Stanford psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky and ethicist Stephen Post have studied people all over the world to find out how things like money, attitude, culture, memory, health, altruism, and our day-to-day habits affect our well-being. For me, research showed some things that most people wouldn't follow, but hey, we not perfect, but I believe at least, we have to try. Everybody can try because it's so simple. Let's quickly go through it together ;):

Savor Everyday Moments - Everyday life gives us different circumstances, sometimes you just don't see them ;)

Avoid Comparisons - I know that b**** Emily talked sh** about you in the bathroom, but hey, start the change in yourself first ;)


Put Money Low on the List - I think it's quite hard to do in our times, I would paraphrase it into: "Remember, you don't live for money."


Have Meaningful Goals - it says “As humans, we actually require a sense of meaning to thrive.” Get your life together and find you ;)


Take Initiative at Work - Creativity, creativity and creativity ;)


Make Friends, Treasure Family - That's what we do ;)


Smile Even When You Don’t Feel Like It - You think I put smileys automatically!? I really smile everytime I do it ;)


Say Thank You Like You Mean It - Just remember that some words are more than just sounds ;)


Get Out and Exercise - That's what I forgot about ;)


Give It Away, Give It Away Now! - Don't start giving all your stuff to people around you, but "Researcher Elizabeth Dunn found that those who spend money on others reported much greater happiness than those who spend it on themselves." Livin' positive ;)

What do we watch...

So the weekend is almost over, and there is no place to party . . . again, it's time to prepare for the busy week. People are getting depressed remembering what they have to do for the week, like pay for bills - deadlines are close enough to worry about them, and you must do assignments which you wish you did the previous Friday,  oh yeah don't forget to call your mom since you miscalled her on Friday night... But Sunday wouldn't be called Sunday if we had all these problems facing us in the morning. First of all it's a sunny day, secondly Sunday is a day for friends to get together, remembering all parties they had this weekend, order pizza and watch a movie. Which movie you'd be watching tonight, depends. Hey, you don't want any drama with all the same "bullshit!" you see everyday, let's watch some adventures, some cartoons, some throw backs. I'm thinking about  a movie from the 80's "Airplane!" is one. Only in this movie you can hear Steve McCroskey saying: "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines." Just watching trailer makes friend laugh...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaXvFT_UyI8

Get Chinese, get comfy, enjoy your movie and good week, livin' positive ;)

What we listen this weekend

Happy weekend finally came and we shouting out new artist from Brooklyn, New York, who is doing big and international now. His name is Theophilus London who made couple appearances on GQ magazine (this week he had second photo shoot and interview for new GQ magazine release) and this week he came out with his new EP "Lover's Holiday", which positive old-school instrumentals and classic rap flow bumping in speakers of many youngsters. Open your windows watching beautiful ladies passing by, and just bump this EP taking shower, getting prepared for a big day. Today is a good day, everyday is a good day, and Theophilus London remind us about it with his new EP, thank you @TheophilusL and good work ;)You can listen and enjoy it here, buy it from iTunes and find his previous works on internet.

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