>> Should I work? Or should I watch 30 Rock, cuz the first episode of the third season’s now on Hulu!
>> Should I move? Or just move into a walking house? (via ideas)
>> Should I have kids? Yes, if I wanna be less happy for 18 years straight. Writes Paul Bloom in The Atlantic:
Pretty much no matter how you test it, children make us less happy. The evidence isn’t just from diary studies; surveys of marital satisfaction show that couples tend to start off happy, get less happy when they have kids, and become happy again only once the kids leave the house. As the psychologist Daniel Gilbert puts it, “Despite what we read in the popular press, the only known symptom of ‘empty-nest syndrome’ is increased smiling.” So why do people believe that children give them so much pleasure? Gilbert sees it as an illusion, a failure of affective forecasting. Society’s needs are served when people believe that having children is a good thing, so we are deluged with images and stories about how wonderful kids are. We think they make us happy, though they actually don’t.
The entire essay, “First Person Plural” is a fascinating read.
>> Should I go veg? It may help me better identify good restaurants. Writes Meg Favreau at Table Matters: “I have a theory that you can tell how much a restaurant thinks about its food by the quality of its veggie burger.” (via ideas) As of now I still eat fish, but I do like a good veggie burger –
You should definitely watch 30 Rock. The first episode of season 3 is awesome and season 2 was great too. Highly recommend it.
Comment by Jessica — October 27, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
30 Rock! I’m waiting to watch it until later this week, so I don’t go into withdrawl waiting for the episode on the 6th.
Comment by Anne — October 27, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
Rest assured I’ve watched seasons 1 & 2 of 30 Rock! And Anne — I don’t have your patience, and so watched the episode on Monday :P
Comment by Siel — October 28, 2008 @ 10:43 pm