Experts
Dan Gilbert
Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
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Whom would you like to interview, and what would you ask?
Gilbert would like to interview my great, great, great granddaughter. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In History
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If you had $100 billion to give away, how would you spend it?
Gilbert would build an irrational Walden. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In Business & Economics
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Dan Gilbert says technology could make us happier if we used it in the right ways. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In Science & Tech
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How will this age be remembered?
An age of believing our eyes, rather than our elders. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In Future
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Are our problems a result of not living in the moment?
We don't have everything we want, but we sure have a lot, says Dan Gilbert. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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What should be the big issues of the 2008 presidential election?
Dan Gilbert says the environment should be the most pressing issue because of its urgency and gay marriage, precisely because it is a non-issue. Read More
November 14, 2007
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What do mistakes reveal about human nature?
Interesting things happen when two sides of the brain duke it out. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Does religion inform your worldview?
Belief in something we absolutely can't see, for which there's no evidence, cuts against the grain of what it means to be a scientist to me. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In Belief
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What forces have shaped humanity most?
Science is the worst way of knowing except for all the other ways of knowing. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In History
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Which philosopher really gets it?
Kant is the foundation for modern psychology, Gilbert says. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In Arts & Culture
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Dan Gilbert's Idea Of A Great Book
Scientific psychology from science fiction. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In Arts & Culture
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How do you balance creativity and scientific rigor?
Simply put, good science is creative, says Dan Gilbert. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In Science & Tech
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Do you have a creative process?
Dan Gilbert's creative process involves a lot of puzzling and puzzling and puzzling. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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What are the biggest issues in psychology today?
Gilbert looks forward to answers to questions we haven't even asked yet. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech, Future
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Gilbert discusses the nature of happiness and his work in affective forecasting, which is the process by which people look into their future and make predictions about what they'll like and what they won't like. Read More
November 14, 2007 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Daniel Gilbert wandered into psychology. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Dan Gilbert On Growing Up in Chicago
The city that teaches probability. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In History
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Would you want to pay for it today? Read More
November 6, 2007 | In History
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Dan Gilbert implores us to take care of the environment. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Environment
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Dan Gilbert Predicts the Future
Harvard happiness guru Dan Gilbert delivers his pessimistic forecast. Read More
November 6, 2007 | In Future
Daniel Gilbert is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. His research with Tim Wilson on "affective forecasting" investigates how and how well people can make predictions about the emotional impact of future events.
Dan has won numerous awards for his teaching and research—from the Guggenheim Fellowship to the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology. However, he says that his greatest accomplishment is that he appears just before Dizzie Gillespie on the list of Most Famous High School Dropouts.
Dan's research has been covered by The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, Money, CNN, U.S. News & World Report, The New Yorker, Scientific American, Oprah Magazine, Psychology Today, and many others.
