“Happiness proved less social than sadness. Each happy friend increased an individual’s chances of personal happiness by 11 percent, while just one sad friend was needed to double an individual’s chance of becoming unhappy” (Keim, 2010, paragraph 9).
“The more we focus on ourselves and avoid a commitment to others, Twenge’s research shows, the more we suffer from anxiety and depression” (McGonigal, 2011, p. 113).
“Ideally, happiness needs to be approached as a collective process” (McGonigal, 2011, p. 186).
“Epic wins [are] …opportunities for ordinary people to do extraordinary things – like change or save someone’s life – every day” (McGonigal, 2011, p. 247).
“‘…When it comes to social networks, the positives outweigh the negatives. That’s why networks are everywhere.’ People, in other words, need people: We are the glue holding ourselves together” (Lehrer, 2009, paragraph 6).