""These pursuits are not inherently bad, but they become toxic when they're treated as ultimate goals," he said."
""Mother Nature doesn't care if we're happy, yet we seem to believe that's our destiny," said Brooks, whose new book, "The Happiness Files," is a compilation of some of his columns from The Atlantic."
""Mother Nature has only two goals for us, which are to pass on our genes and to survive another day. Happiness is our business.""
""alarm systems for threats. If you didn't have those, you'd be dead in a week.""
Common pursuits such as money, power, pleasure, and fame fail to deliver lasting happiness when treated as ultimate goals. Such pursuits can become toxic if they replace deeper aims. Happiness should be approached as 'happierness,' an ongoing process of incremental improvement achieved through better habits, increased self-understanding, and sharing happiness-building practices with others. Perfect, constant happiness is neither scientifically possible nor desirable. Negative emotions like fear, anger, disgust, and sadness act as alarm systems that signal threats and support survival. Evolution prioritizes survival and gene propagation over sustained happiness. Steady progress in habits and relationships yields more durable well-being.
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