World 3.0: How science and technology can help make you happier

You’ve heard of Fitbit and FuelBand—high-tech ways to get physically fit. Now there are apps for “emotional fitness” and Happify is one of them. Happify is a digital tool that offers science-based games and activities to boost your level of happiness.

The idea here and the innovation about Happify is, start thinking about your emotional fitness as important as your physical fitness.

Ofer Leidner, co-founder

The idea came to co-founder Ofer Leidner after his business partner introduced him to the book “Flourish” by psychologist Martin Seligman. Happify claims 86 percent of its users report they are happier after just two months.

We really have no way of telling is this just they would have reported being happier just because you asked? Or are they actually feeling happier?

Maria Konnikova, a psychologist and contributing writer for the New Yorker

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