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Part 5: Why be happy when you can be real?

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Is Happiness Overrated?
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Here we pull everything together. Living fully and meaningfully is greater than happiness. At what cost do we chase and try to own happiness?

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Part 4: The Matryoshka Doll - is it really happiness or something else?

Tim tries to unpack the word happiness using the metaphor of the Matryoshka Doll, and wonders how it connects to the state of our world and the transience of experience.
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Is Happiness Overrated?
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Tim Knowlson
Keywords
happiness
authenticity
optimism
student life
purpose
Department: Student Welfare and Support Services
Date Added: 08/01/2026
Duration: 00:04:08

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