Happy Wisdom is back - Fighting Online Negativity Once Again!

Remember the mission of HappyWisdom? To counter the negativity found so often on line . Well, here's a nice piece from Vox.

"In the 19th century, extreme poverty — defined here as living on less than $1.25 a day* — was the norm. In 1820, 94.4 percent of humans were below that line."

While we're not done yet, this is the best possible time to alive by far.

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Happy Wisdom Patterns

From software development and prior to that architecture, learned people have leveraged the power of patterns. Patterns are structures of learning that can be applied to achieve consistent results. For architecture its perhaps the golden mean, the mechanisms to create a bridge. In software , my favorite was MVC or model-view-controller . This is states that User interface must be separate from the data, and from the control ( business logic or execution) . I've seen folks not follow this pattern and then find themselves updating all three layers of software for changes that otherwise would have been simple had they followed the pattern. Thus we must ask if Happiness has a pattern, if happy wisdom, the two combine, have certain approaches that would glean greater success than just going it in a haphazard sort of way. Of course I propose there are. Before I get into the first few, lets discuss why these are not rules or laws . The trouble with "rules of life&q

Are you in a Dismal Nitch? How to know and how to get out!

Recently my family and I went to visit a place called Astoria, Oregon, and had a wonderful time. There was delightful breakfast place called Pigs 'n Pancakes. We stayed in the Astoria Riverside Inn, which was wonderful, with large rooms, game systems, and a wonderful view. Yet, most of all, we were surrounded by Lewis and Clark sites. Are You Here? If you're not aware, the Lewis and Clark expedition started in St. Louis in the early 1800s. Those two brave gentlemen and a party of more brave gentlemen and at least one woman, Sacagawea, made their trek all the way to the Pacific coast. On their way out to the Pacific, however, they got stuck. They got stuck here: Now you have to understand, these guys were tough. Stopping them wasn't easy. Yet, so close to the ocean, they get stuck in this little outcropping. Here's how he describes it: Rain soaked the expedition party that night, and it continued at intervals throughout the next day, November

Ashton Speech repost

So, I'm trying to diversify my blogging and this is from my blog.joefecarotta.com, and fits directly into the theme of Happy Wisdom. This blog answers the question - what wisdom will make you more happy? How will concepts that lead to happiness lead to wisdom? We start our journey together here: [Ashton Kutcher] What’s up? Oh WOW! Okay, okay, lets be, lets be brutally honest, this is the old guy award, this is like – This is like the grandpa award, and after this, I get to go to the geriatric home. First of all, I don’t have a career without you guys. I don’t get to do any of the things I get to do without you. You know, I thought that uh – hi! I thought that it might be interesting in – in Hollywood in the industry the stuff we do, there’s a lot of insider secrets to keeping your career going and a lot of insider secrets to to to making things tick and uh I feel like a fraud. My name is actually not even Ashton. Ashton is my middle name. My first name’s Chris. A

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