Hacking Happiness (41 page)

in educational settings,
179
–80

in H(app)athon Project,
180
–84

health and,
174
–76

lifelogging and,
174

political activism and increase in,
179

virtual currency and,
194

well-being and,
176
–78,
186

at work,
178
–79

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
(Csikszentmihalyi),
xxxi
,
172

Foldit,
190

Forbes
,
183

Ford Motor Company,
xxxi

Forrester Research,
27

Fortune
magazine,
231

Founding Fathers,
153
,
154
,
172

Fowler, James H.,
193
–94

Framingham Heart Study,
193

France,
219
,
223

Franchi, Stefano,
79

Frankl, Viktor,
171

Franken, Al,
23
,
31
–32,
106
–7

Fredrickson, Barbara,
152

FreshDirect,
73

Freud, Sigmund,
xxxiv

Frog Design,
64

Frost, David,
153

Fun, efficacy of,
203
–4

Gallup Polls,
165

Gardner, Howard,
7
–8

Gartner technology research company,
72
,
117
–18

General Electric (GE),
64

General Motors,
1
–4

Genuine Wealth model,
220
–22

GeoPapyrus,
104
–5

Georgia Tech,
103

Homelab,
xxiv

Germany,
223

Getinge Group,
71
–72

“Get Politically Engaged, Get Happy?” (Drutman),
179

Gilbert, Daniel,
225

Gillette,
xxxv

Giovannini, Enrico,
223
–24

Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
(Grant),
134

Global Council on the Evaluation of Societal Progress,
223

Global Project on Measuring Progress of Societies,
215
,
223

“Going to the Park May Make Your Life Better” (Zielinsky),
68

Gonzaga, Gian C.,
76

Google,
xx
,
xxxv
,
6
,
69
,
74
,
78

accountability standards applied to,
xxi

opting in to services provided by,
107

Google Glass,
xix
,
xx
,
xxvii
,
xxix
,
47
,
63
,
141
,
215

apps for,
121

biometric integration using,
109

hands-free mobile computing with,
102

Metcalfe’s Law applied to,
118

social cues for people with Asperger’s syndrome provided by,
35

visibility of virtual identity with,
xx
,
4
,
107
,
201
,
205
–6

Gordon, Robert,
108
–9

GPS data,
xviii
,
4
,
9
,
53
,
77
,
105
,
113

cross-referencing measurement of emotions with,
35

for disaster response,
43
–44

matching up owners and renters using,
22

for monitoring Alzheimer’s patients,
36

selling via Kickstarter,
112
,
113

for the Soul,
203
,
235

for vineyard optimization,
70

Gradual daily progress,
227

Graeber, David,
119
,
120

Grant, Adam,
134
–35

Great Depression,
116

Greater Good Science Center (GGSC),
168

Greater London Authority (GLA),
68

Great Pacific Garbage Patch,
20

Greece, Alzheimer’s patients in,
36

Greeks, ancient,
157
–58,
163

Green, Shane,
xvi
,
xvii
,
28

Gribetz, Meron,
95

Grit Survey,
164

Gross domestic product (GDP),
7
,
13
,
154
,
185
,
201

well-being versus wealth-creation focus of,
xxiii
–xxiv,
xxvii
,
xxxii
–xxxiii,
153
,
161
,
182
,
194

See also
Beyond GDP movement

Gross National Happiness (GNH),
xxxii
,
161
,
202
,
204
,
206
,
211
–13,
221

Guardian
,
89
,
183

Güzeldere, Güven,
79

Gympact,
61

Hadley, Daniel,
224
–26

Hadoop,
90

Haladjian, Rafi,
62
–63

Hall, Jon,
215
–19

Halstead, Ted,
215

H(app)athon Project,
35
,
47
–49,
169
,
180
–84,
202
,
215
,
227
,
234

Happier,
194

Happify,
158
–60

Happiness economy,
xiv
,
xxii
–xxiv,
194

redefinition of wealth in,
237

trust in,
115

value of,
196
–207

See also
H(app)athon Project

Happiness Index,
225
–26

Happiness Initiative,
202

Happy
(film),
169

Haptic technology,
103

Hart, Anne,
68

Harvard Business Review
,
126

Harvard University,
225

Business School,
126

Law School,
29

School of Education,
7

Havens, Stacy,
193

Heads-up display (HUD),
141

Healthy Share,
64

Heart rate,
xxvii,
8
–12

app for measurement of,
see
Cardiio

increases in,
12
,
49

resting,
19
,
34

spikes in,
61

variability (HRV) of,
39

Hedonic happiness,
157
,
161
–62,
179

Heinlein, Robert,
101

Helliwell, John,
188
–89

Heuer, Steffan,
xvi