The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold us Well-Being
The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold us Well-Being
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幸福产业：政府和大企业如何向我们兜售幸福
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2015
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W. Davies
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W. Davies
2014年达沃斯世界经济论坛（World Economic Forum）上，一名佛教僧侣在向世界各国领导人讲授正念，他在做什么？为什么许多成功的公司都有一位“首席幸福官”？你大脑的化学成分能告诉潜在雇主关于你的什么信息？在过去的十年里，政府和企业对衡量人们的感受越来越感兴趣：“幸福指数”、“国民幸福总值”、“幸福”和积极心理学已经开始主导我们的生活方式。因此，我们的情绪成了一种可以买卖的新资源。
What was a Buddhist monk doing at the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos lecturing the world’s leaders on mindfulness? Why do many successful corporations have a ‘chief happiness officer’? What can the chemical composition of your brain tell a potential employer about you? In the past decade, governments and corporations have become increasingly interested in measuring the way people feel: ‘the Happiness index’, ‘Gross National Happiness’, ‘well-being’ and positive psychology have come to dominate the way we live our lives. As a result, our emotions have become a new resource to be bought and sold.
In a fascinating investigation combining history, science and ideas, William Davies shows how well-being influences all aspects of our lives: business, finance, marketing and smart technology. This book will make you rethink everything from the way you work, the power of the ‘Nudge’, the ever-expanding definitions of depression, and the commercialization of your most private feelings. The Happiness Industry is a shocking and brilliantly argued warning about the new religion of the age: our emotions.