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Posts about Happiness. One of the tricky things about Happiness is that sometimes directly pursuing it doesn’t work or is even counterproductive. Happiness isn’t (and can’t be) the only important thing, but it is nonetheless important. Thus LessWrong dealt a lot with questions about happiness and how to pursue it.

“Happiness is a choice. If you’re so smart, how come you aren’t happy? How come you haven’t figured that out? That’s my challenge to all the people who think they’re so smart and so capable.”—Naval Ravikant

See also: Gratitude, Well-being

Pain is not the unit of Effort

alkjashNov 24, 2020, 8:00 PM
562 points
91 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Scien­tific Self-Help: The State of Our Knowledge

lukeprogJan 20, 2011, 8:44 PM
232 points
502 comments10 min readLW link

Really rad­i­cal empathy

MichaelStJulesJan 6, 2025, 5:46 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Utili­tar­i­anism and the re­place­abil­ity of de­sires and attachments

MichaelStJulesJul 27, 2024, 1:57 AM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Some im­pli­ca­tions of rad­i­cal empathy

MichaelStJulesJan 7, 2025, 4:10 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ureshiku Naritai

AlicornApr 8, 2010, 8:08 PM
242 points
159 comments6 min readLW link

Be Happier

KlevadorApr 16, 2012, 1:51 AM
166 points
267 comments35 min readLW link

Not for the Sake of Hap­piness (Alone)

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 22, 2007, 3:19 AM
109 points
108 comments3 min readLW link

You are prob­a­bly un­der­es­ti­mat­ing how good self-love can be

Charlie Rogers-SmithNov 14, 2021, 12:41 AM
168 points
19 comments12 min readLW link1 review

For Hap­piness, Keep a Grat­i­tude Journal

Peter WildefordJul 15, 2013, 9:11 PM
38 points
29 comments5 min readLW link

How to Be Happy

lukeprogMar 17, 2011, 7:22 AM
236 points
207 comments17 min readLW link

Buy­ing happiness

gjmJun 16, 2016, 5:08 PM
62 points
34 comments4 min readLW link

App and book recom­men­da­tions for peo­ple who want to be hap­pier and more productive

KatWoodsNov 6, 2021, 5:40 PM
142 points
43 comments8 min readLW link

A sim­ple guide to life

jasoncrawfordApr 3, 2022, 6:09 PM
25 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(jasoncrawford.org)

The Good Life in the face of the apocalypse

Oct 16, 2023, 10:40 PM
82 points
8 comments10 min readLW link

The best things are of­ten free or cheap

Adam ZernerMar 18, 2021, 2:57 AM
25 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

Prole­gom­ena to a The­ory of Fun

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 17, 2008, 11:33 PM
68 points
52 comments6 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal Philan­thropy for Hu­man Beings

lukeprogJul 25, 2011, 7:27 AM
49 points
86 comments7 min readLW link

You should just smile at strangers a lot

chaosmageSep 25, 2023, 8:12 PM
14 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Joy in the Here and Real

ScrewtapeNov 10, 2023, 5:22 PM
18 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Chakras & Qi—Old Sto­ries for the Base-Line Ex­pe­rience. Im­prove your phys­i­cal & men­tal health by con­nect­ing body and mind.

leggiDec 8, 2019, 4:22 AM
5 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Sub­sti­tute goods for leisure are abundant

Adam ZernerMar 5, 2023, 3:45 AM
20 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

Micro Habits that Im­prove One’s Day

silentbobJul 1, 2023, 10:53 AM
62 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

What makes a good life? This is my map.

MartinBNov 22, 2019, 3:10 PM
26 points
20 comments4 min readLW link

Sublimity vs. Youtube

AlicornMar 18, 2011, 5:33 AM
33 points
63 comments1 min readLW link

ALERT⚠️ Not enough gud vibes 😎

Pee DoomNov 12, 2021, 11:25 AM
10 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Sun­set at Noon

RaemonNov 21, 2017, 2:05 AM
217 points
31 comments17 min readLW link

Masochism vs. Self-defeat

PsychohistorianApr 20, 2009, 9:20 PM
2 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

En­joy­ing food more: a case study in third options

MBlumeMar 16, 2011, 6:23 AM
25 points
48 comments2 min readLW link

The 5 Pillars of Happiness

Gabi QUENEOct 4, 2023, 5:50 PM
−24 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

Choose To Be Happy

DanArmakJan 1, 2011, 10:50 PM
29 points
26 comments2 min readLW link

Si­mu­la­tion the­ol­ogy: prac­ti­cal as­pect.

Valentin2026May 5, 2021, 2:20 AM
11 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Im­ple­ment­ing the Se­cond Virtue: Feel the Emo­tions Which Fit the Facts

LukeOnlineMay 9, 2021, 5:47 AM
5 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

What makes us happy and de­pressed?

Marius HobbhahnOct 3, 2021, 6:25 AM
16 points
6 comments19 min readLW link

Books Wor­thy of Integration

Roven SkyfalFeb 20, 2022, 8:03 AM
15 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Where to Live for Happiness

nomagicpillJun 7, 2022, 1:09 AM
19 points
6 comments26 min readLW link
(210ethan.github.io)

How to Pro­mote More Pro­duc­tive Dialogue Out­side of LessWrong

sweenesmJan 15, 2024, 2:16 PM
18 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

And the word was “God”

pchvykovAug 30, 2022, 9:13 PM
−22 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

His­tory of the the­ory of well-being

David HartsoughSep 30, 2022, 10:08 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Be more effec­tive by learn­ing im­por­tant prac­ti­cal knowl­edge us­ing flashcards

StenemoOct 12, 2022, 6:05 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Strat­egy of In­ner Conflict

Jonathan MoregårdNov 15, 2022, 7:38 PM
9 points
4 comments6 min readLW link
(honestliving.substack.com)

Im­pos­tor syn­drome: how to cure it with spread­sheets and med­i­ta­tion

KatWoodsFeb 9, 2023, 9:04 PM
31 points
2 comments19 min readLW link

Men­tal Health and the Align­ment Prob­lem: A Com­pila­tion of Re­sources (up­dated April 2023)

May 10, 2023, 7:04 PM
255 points
54 comments21 min readLW link

Sim­ple Appreciations

Jonathan MoregårdJan 23, 2024, 4:23 PM
17 points
11 comments4 min readLW link
(open.substack.com)

Happiness

complicated.worldMar 30, 2024, 2:18 AM
−2 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(complicated.world)

Open-ended ethics of phe­nom­ena (a desider­ata with uni­ver­sal moral­ity)

Ryo Nov 8, 2023, 8:10 PM
1 point
0 comments8 min readLW link

Too busy to think about life

AcademianApr 22, 2010, 3:14 PM
152 points
63 comments3 min readLW link

Martin Selig­man’s “Authen­tic Hap­piness”

David GrossDec 27, 2020, 5:06 AM
10 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

[Question] Recom­men­da­tions for Re­cent Posts/​Se­quences on In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity?

Benjamin HendricksJan 26, 2025, 12:41 AM
13 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ca­ma­raderie at scale: in search of shared identity

eqApr 24, 2023, 4:46 PM
8 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

​​ Open-ended/​Phenom­e­nal ​Ethics ​(TLDR)

Ryo Nov 9, 2023, 4:58 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Are wire­heads happy?

Scott AlexanderJan 1, 2010, 4:41 PM
184 points
109 comments5 min readLW link

How to have a happy quarantine

mingyuanMar 15, 2020, 3:42 AM
81 points
20 comments4 min readLW link

The Su­per Happy Peo­ple (3/​8)

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 1, 2009, 8:18 AM
123 points
55 comments16 min readLW link

Ineffec­tive en­trepreneur­ship: post-mortem of Hippo, the hap­piness app that never quite was

ElizabethMay 27, 2018, 11:03 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(effective-altruism.com)

Hap­piness Is a Chore

SquirrelInHellDec 20, 2017, 11:13 AM
14 points
30 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com.es)

Par­ent­ing and Happiness

jefftkOct 3, 2012, 1:43 PM
39 points
41 comments5 min readLW link

On En­joy­ing Disagree­able Company

AlicornMay 26, 2010, 1:47 AM
68 points
254 comments7 min readLW link

Want­ing vs. Lik­ing Revisited

Scott AlexanderJul 9, 2011, 8:54 PM
63 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

On not get­ting a job as an option

diegocaleiroMar 11, 2014, 2:44 AM
51 points
190 comments2 min readLW link

Buy­ing Value, not Price

Jacob FalkovichApr 29, 2019, 3:51 PM
32 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

The Neu­ro­science of Pleasure

lukeprogMar 27, 2011, 11:57 PM
52 points
17 comments11 min readLW link

Over­pay­ing for hap­piness?

cousin_itJan 1, 2015, 12:22 PM
50 points
67 comments1 min readLW link
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