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Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson
Episode: Happiness in America, Part 1: The Secret to a 'Good Life,' According to an 80-Year Study
Description: Americans have never had more access to social technology. It’s easier to talk to friends and family members hundreds of miles away; easier to see their faces; and easier to find single people to date. But if you ask them, Americans today will say they are as lonely as or lonelier than any time on record. The amount of time all Americans spend alone has increased every year for about a decade.What's going on?Today’s episode is about the longest study on happiness in U.S. history — the Harvard Study of Adult Develo...