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Beauty As A Happiness Indicator
Studies that looked at the main factors influencing the happiness of adults revelead that besides things like good health in a harmonius family life, individual happiness is affected by how beautiful you find the city you live in.
Beauty scored even higher than safety and cleanliness
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Beauty And Monotony
We left the natural world behind and created our own. We made the objects that surround us. And in doing so, we often neglected beauty in favor of functionality, cost, or efficiency.
But humans don't like monotony. Research shows that we keep focusing ...
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Beauty: A Very Human Experience
Beauty is nothing tangible, it only exists in our heads as a pleasant feeling. If we'd have to define it, we perceive something as beautiful if its color, shape, form, or proportion are somehow appealing to us.
Beauty is a very human experience that has bee...
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Recognizing Beauty
Our sense of beauty probably evolved from pattern recognition, but it goes beyond that now.
Research shows that we have the lowest common denominator when it comes to beauty. We have a hard time pinning down what beauty is or what is based on, but we somehow recognize it when we s...
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Beauty Patters
Throughout history, the definition of beauty and beauty ideals have changed a lot. But there are some patterns that remained: the golden ratio, symmetry, or fractal patterns can be found in art and architecture from our beginning until today.
Beauty patterns that resisted in time c...
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What sources create true personal happiness?
Taking together all the various theories and findings on happiness, we know that there are at least a few factors that are very important for overall happiness:
- Individual income;
- Labor market status;
- Physical health;
- Family;
- Social relationships;
Can individuals learn to be happy?
The answer from numerous studies is a resounding YES—you CAN learn how to be happier.
The degree to which you can increase your happiness will vary widely by which theory you subscribe to, but there are no credible theories that allow absolutely no room for individual improvement.
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