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The Finns rank #1 in life satisfaction by sitting at home in their underwear not trying to be happy. Americans rank 15th-20th while constantly pursuing happiness through optimization and self-improvement. This suggests something important about whether trying harder actually works.

After decades of happiness research, here’s what science has...

Everything you think you know about intelligence is wrong.

Growth mindset? Effect sizes near zero. Grit? Just conscientiousness with better PR. The Mozart Effect? Your kid got no smarter from those CDs. IQ tests? Created to help struggling students, weaponized to sterilize 70,000 Americans.

For 120 years, intelligence research has followed the...