Mo Gawdat tells us about his scientific and engineering approach to happiness

Published: May 3, 2017, 5:30 a.m.

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Mo Gawdat (@solveforhappy) is the Chief Business Officer for Google X\\u2014the division of Google responsible for moonshots like the self-driving car and worldwide WiFi delivered by balloon. The unexpected death of his son, Ali, led him to further investigate an algorithm for happiness that he and his son had been working on. The result is his book \\u201cSolve for Happy,\\u201d where he lets us in on his equation for happiness and how he was able to use it in the wake of his son\\u2019s death. Listen in as Commander Divine and Mo discuss meaning, happiness and science.

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