Why are we happy? How to fix the legal system and the science of motivation

Three TED talks selected by Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational and the new Upside of Irrationality (launched on the 1st June).

Dan Gilbert asks, Why are we happy?

Ways in which regulations can choke motivation: Philip K. Howard and four ways to fix a broken legal system

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation