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Summary Of Everybody Have Fun By Elizabeth Korbert

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In the article, Everybody Have Fun by, Elizabeth Kolbert discusses the differences and importance of happiness. She analyzes research perform to measure happiness between two different group of peoples, recently wealthy by lottery ticket and the second group were victims of devastating accidents. The research measure the responses on a scale for each group. The psychologist founded lottery group wining had a positive experience and the second group ranked victimhood as a negative one. However, the winning group did not view themselves happier compared the devastating victims group. The results were alarming because the concept of happiness was not viewed as materialistic belongs but, a range of actives that makes people be happy. The

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