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Technoprogressive Thankfulness

J. Hughes

Ethical Technology

November 26, 2009

It is Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States, a time to take stock of all the good things we can be grateful for. This time, for me, with a technoprogressive spin on it.

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Posted by Brenda on 11/28 at 09:50 PM

Besides a personal feeling of happiness, how else does gratitude manifest itself? (I suppose a person can feel happy without feeling gratitude.)

Posted by jhughes on 11/29 at 07:06 PM

Gratitude leads to happiness. One of the exercises that positive psychologists prescribe is a daily diary of things to be grateful for - which is different from being grateful to god(s). Just making an effort to think of something each day has been shown to substantially improve mood.

Posted by Brenda on 11/29 at 08:06 PM

"Gratitude leads to happiness."

True, but like I just said, happiness can occur without gratitude, so how does one know whether he just bypassed gratitude and went straight to being happy for the things he has?

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