The world is an unimaginably complex place, made all the more so by the incredible things we human beings have learned to do:  build skyscrapers and space shuttles, clear clogged heart arteries and blocked intestines, make cell phones nearly as thin as credit cards, and modulate the immune system just enough [...]]]> http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/2011/08/21/picking-an-expert/feed/ 4 http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/2009/12/06/how-world-peace-is-possible/ http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/2009/12/06/how-world-peace-is-possible/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:02:14 +0000 Alex Lickerman http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/?p=4262 Photo: Jayel Aheram

When I was in grammar school learning about World War II, I remember thinking how grateful I was that society had finally matured to the point in the intervening years that war no longer ever broke out.   Today I can hardly remember what bizarre thought process led me to conclude [...]]]> http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/2009/12/06/how-world-peace-is-possible/feed/ 14