Episode 42: Decide Already!

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This week, Harvard researcher Dan Gilbert tells us why we're bad at predicting our future happiness, how that affects our decision making, and why we are actually happier after making a decision that feels irrevocable.

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“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.