Zappa Times

“So many books so little time...” Inspired by Frank Zappa, Zappa Times writes about literature, nature, food, and economics.

In recent years, popular publications on happiness have increased considerably. On the shelves devoted to personal development in chain bookstores that mostly sell reading materials, souvenirs, games, and other trinkets, you can find plenty of books that give you tips on how to be happy. In our increasingly difficult and cramped lives, it is understandable that there are more and more of these books. After all, we live in a world based on putting the scarce on the market, trying to sell not the original but the fake, the hollow, the plasticized. Let us remind you that a quote in an article on this subject was previously published in Zappa Times:

"Happiness is no longer just a personal matter it has moved out of the private sphere and has become an area that needs to researched, studied, and regulated through interventions... Economists, psychologists, doctors, neuroscientists, market researchers, and publishers are working hard to access and disseminate the knowledge of happiness."

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