Gregg Esaterbrook

41 thoughts in this book draw on Gregg Esaterbrook.

Books & sources

• Progresss Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse · 41 thoughts

The thoughts

• Beyond these are factors of human nature itselfTakeoff Into Chaos
• If times are tough, or others are being unfair…The Relationship With Yourself
• In contemporary Western politics, the party out of power…Takeoff Into Chaos
• In the more routine situations most people face, research…The Heart in the Cockpit
• Intellectuals, politicians, tort lawyers, and the media have in…Takeoff Into Chaos
• Other factors color our aversion to believing that most…Takeoff Into Chaos
• Should it turn out there is nothing after the…The Landing
• Should it turn out there is nothing after the…The Landing
• Suffering through privation, those who came before us accu-mulated…Legacy / The Logbook
• The news-organization incentive to emphasize the negative can be…Takeoff Into Chaos
• Today we have the knowledge necessary to detect small…Takeoff Into Chaos
• Western life is methodically made to sound perilous or…Takeoff Into Chaos
• Western life is methodically made to sound perilous or…Takeoff Into Chaos
• Americans should essentially tax themselves, via the prices of…True North
• Buying another of what you already possess is consid…Decisions & Choices
• Buying another of what you already possess is consid…Takeoff Into Chaos
• English essayist John Lubbock wrote, "Happiness is 1 thing…Expanding Your Range
• Essentially, stress and phobias can snowball, gathering up more…The Heart in the Cockpit
• Higher wages for the struggling, in return for a…True North
• In a kind of nature's-revenge law, the fact that…Takeoff Into Chaos
• In a kind of nature's-revenge law, the fact that…Takeoff Into Chaos
• In past generations, many social outcomes operated in similar…Expanding Your Range
• Life has gotten dramatically better for almost everyone in…Expanding Your Range
• Life has gotten dramatically better for almost everyone in…Expanding Your Range
• One deep structural fault of the United States is…Friends, Community & Society
• One deep structural fault of the United States is…True North
• People may slip into unhappiness simply because it is…Expanding Your Range
• People may slip into unhappiness simply because it is…The Heart in the Cockpit
• Positive psychology teaches to fight the thought "here we…Expanding Your Range
• Positive psychology teaches to fight the thought "here we…The Mind in the Cockpit
• study at the University of Wisconsin showed that older…The Flight Plan
• study at the University of Wisconsin showed that older…The Flight Plan
• The logical end result of a consumer culture addicted…Expanding Your Range
• The logical end result of a consumer culture addicted…Takeoff Into Chaos
• The news-organization incentive to emphasize the negative can be…Friends, Community & Society
• To call-and-raise-the-Joneses, Americans increasingly take on foolish levels of…Takeoff Into Chaos
• To call-and-raise-the-Joneses, Americans increasingly take on foolish levels of…The Flight Plan
• Today we have the knowledge necessary to detect small…The Heart in the Cockpit
• Ultimately, the reason that possessions and their attendant stress…Expanding Your Range
• Ultimately, the reason that possessions and their attendant stress…The Flight Plan
• We are much better at preparing to live than…Expanding Your Range