Check out this 2010 TED Talk from Daniel Kahneman, the founder of Behavioral Economics.
We watched this at today's TEDx New York session and then had a really fascinating discussion about happiness and how to create it in this country and around the world. What are the policy implications of Kahneman's study? And, for social issue filmmakers, how does this affect how films are crafted to leave audiences with a hopeful, happy memory of the experience?
I watch a lot of social issue documentary films and I would indeed say it is true that the ones that end with an upbeat, optimistic and solution-based tone tend to affect me in a more positive way. Just food for thought...
We watched this at today's TEDx New York session and then had a really fascinating discussion about happiness and how to create it in this country and around the world. What are the policy implications of Kahneman's study? And, for social issue filmmakers, how does this affect how films are crafted to leave audiences with a hopeful, happy memory of the experience?
I watch a lot of social issue documentary films and I would indeed say it is true that the ones that end with an upbeat, optimistic and solution-based tone tend to affect me in a more positive way. Just food for thought...
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