Is Our Definition of Happiness Changing

At this year s Aspen Ideas Festival, we asked a group of professors, psychologists, and journalists how people s definitions of happiness could be evolving. I do think there s been a rise in materialistic sorts of values, says Eli Finkel, a professor of psychology at Northwestern University. Those tend to be hard to reconcile with Other panelists include Tim Kasser, Susan Greenfield, Paul Bloom, and Suleika Jaouad. The Big Question is a series inspired by The Atlantic s backpage feature.