Living conditions have improved significantly over the last fifty years. Lifespan is longer. People are richer. The technology is better. The paradox of happiness is that even though the objective conditions of our lives have radically improved, people have not actually become happier. There are thousands of different ideas about what it means to be happy. These theories range from everything from good deeds to self-acceptance to having enough money to purchase all the materials a person's heart desires. It is believed that every person has a basic level of happiness, which greatly reflects how happy he or she is in most cases. the time. Different things can cause a person's happiness level to fluctuate below and above their baseline happiness level, such as a breakup, seeing something that reminds them of a happier time in their life, or something as small as seeing a puppy . These things only cause your happiness level to falter temporarily and then you return to baseline. Base levels vary from person to person. The key is to understand how to increase the base level...