Uncharted Episode 16: Why pursuing happiness is making us miserable

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Feb 9, 201738:23Science & Medicine

Ruth Whippman, the author of "America The Anxious: How our Pursuit of Happiness is Making us a Nation of Nervous Wrecks," talks with Lauren Schiller, host of the Inflection Point radio show and podcast, about America's h...

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