Understanding Happiness Through Norms: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

What does it mean to be happy- and how much of that is affected by our society? This film aims to start an open discussion about the role of societal norms in the formation of our ideas of happiness, specifically by comparing American and East Asian societies. American Psychologist Dr. Nicole Pernod and friends Anyelo and Ziying join me in reflecting on the effect of societal norms on happiness and what this means for us.