# Dan Gilbert on our mistaken expectations

Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness -- sharing some surprising tests and experiments that you can also try on yourself. Watch through to the end for a sparkling Q and A with some familiar TED faces.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2008
- Runtime: 33 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/DanGilbert_2005G)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/DanGilbert_2005G?play=1)