Social happiness

Social happiness could prove to be a contagious idea

" ... social networks are like the eye," he says. "They are incredibly complex and beautiful, and looking at them begs the question of why they exist and why they come to pass."

This line of thought reminded me of Bokononism, the religion Kurt Vonnegut invented in his novel Cat's Cradle. One of its tenets is that everyone is part of a karass — a group of people who are working together to do God's will. The other members of our karass can be unknown to us, but are revealed before we die.