Paul Dolan

What if the path to happiness meant abandoning our most dearly held beliefs? Be ambitious; find everlasting love; look after your health... There are countless stories about how we ought to live our lives. These narratives can make our lives easier, and they might sometimes make us happier too. But they can also trap us and those around us. In...

"Brilliant, wise, humane, scientific, and kind. Beliefism is exactly what the doctor ordered - and it could change the world." - Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard University "Repeated throughout is the fine principle that whatever position you wish to argue on an issue, you must be honest about what bad effects, as well as good, will follow."...

Brilliant, wise, humane, scientific, and kind. Beliefism is exactly what the doctor ordered - and it could change the world - Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard University. "Repeated throughout is the fine principle that whatever position you wish to argue on an issue, you must be honest about what bad effects, as well as good, will follow."...

How to design your life for happiness - by thinking less and doing more. As a Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics, Dolan conducts original research into the measurement of happiness and its causes and consequences, including the effects of our behaviour. Here he creates a new outlook on the pursuit of happiness - it's not...