Living in 3D ... savoring the unexpected
- sciart0
- Mar 1
- 1 min read
Excerpt: "Scientists who study well-being have long considered happiness and meaning to be the primary components of a fulfilling life, but Mr. Oishi finds those criteria limiting. He believes that happy people—including his father, who never ventured far from home—can be too easily satisfied with simple pleasures and routines.
Meanwhile those who pursue meaning are often too narrowly focused. Mr. Oishi proposes a third metric, a “psychologically rich life,” which favors adventure and spontaneity. Such a life “may not be stable or comfortable, but it is exhilarating,” he writes. “It may not be filled with contentment, but it is dramatic.”'