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Defacto Daily - Happiness spreads among network of friends

 

 

Happiness spreads among network of friends

 

 

In a study that looked at the happiness of nearly 5000 individuals over a period

of twenty years, researchers found that when an individual becomes happy, the

network effect can be measured up to three degrees. One person's happiness

triggers a chain reaction that benefits not only their friends, but their

friends' friends, and their friends' friends' friends. The effect lasts for up

to one year.

 

The flip side, interestingly, is not the case: Sadness does not spread through

social networks as robustly as happiness. Happiness appears to love company more

so than misery.

 

" We've found that your emotional state may depend on the emotional experiences

of people you don't even know, who are two to three degrees removed from you, "

says Harvard Medical School professor Nicholas Christakis, who, along with James

Fowler from the University of California, San Diego co-authored this study. " And

the effect isn't just fleeting. " More..

 

 

Lipstick Sales Rise as the Economy Drops

 

 

At a time when the economy is slowing down, the cosmetics industry is picking up

speed. Almost every retailer is seeing red, lipstick red. Some staff says

they've seen an increase in sales over recent months. They say the " lipstick "

indicator seems to be pretty accurate when predicting how the economy is doing.

 

Women always want to look beautiful, and what's the easiest thing to buy?

Lipstick. A tube of lipstick for $14.50 as compared to a shirt for $70 is easily

affordable. As the stock market started to free fall, make-up and skin care

sales have skyrocketed. After the terrorist attacks of 2001 deflated the

economy, it was noticed that Lipstick Companies was selling more lipstick than

usual. It was hypothesized that lipstick purchases are a way to gauge the

economy. When it¢s shaky, sales increase as women boost their mood with

inexpensive lipstick purchases instead of $500 sling backs. More..