On Thursday morning, we hosted Good Ideas in Entertainment, the second-to-last of the Good Ideas Salons.

I'm a natural optimist. For example: Last week while drinking some milk out of the container, I spilled it all over myself, the floor, and the dog. I found myself laughing and thinking “Well, I needed to wash this shirt anyway”. I was immediately curious if talking to myself meant I had taken another step towards the asylum, I decided to read more about this type of thing.

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In a recent article from the New York Times Magazine, it’s been revealed that there are actually classes in the science of well-being and happiness. Featured at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va, as well as more than 200 colleges and graduate schools in the US, the course was formed to

If you’ve been racking your brain for ways to make yourself and others happy……rack no more, it’s time to start rocking your brain.

Music Makes Your Brain Happy

Randy Dotinga of Wired Magazine reported today on Dan Levitin, a former rock producer turned neuroscientist. Levitin made the change from rock to rack in 1990. In the 16 years since his transition he’s amassed an arsenal of valuable