Module 6 · The Backfires and the Bigger Map

The driving question, your gut answer, and the five ways the pursuit turns on itself.

The evidence that valuing happiness more can leave you with less of it.

What sadness, anger and grief are for — and what it costs to delete them.

Social comparison, influencers, and what the evidence on the feed honestly supports.

Ubuntu, shared meals, and the traditions that never treated happiness as a private project.

Who profits from your wellness, what adaptive preferences hide, and where happiness becomes a question of justice.