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Hi Good morning. It's wonderful to be back here. Wonderful to see you here.

I'm teaching this class because I wish a class like this had been taught when I was sitting in your seat as an undergrad here.

This does not mean it is a class you wish to be taught, nor does it mean that it is the right class for you.

But I hope to doing the next couple of lectures is giving you an idea what this class is about.

So that you can decide whether or not it is for you. I came here in 1992 and then I had a mini epiphany half way through my sophomore year.

I realized that I was in a wonderful place with wonderful students around me, wonderful teachers. I was doing well academically.

I was doing well in athletics. I was playing varsity squash at the time. I was doing well socially.

Everything was going well. Except for the fact. That I was unhappy.

And I didn't understand why. It was then in a matter of moments, that I decided that I had to find out why and become happier.

And that was when I switched my concentration from computer science to philosophy and psychology with a single question: How can I become happier? Over time I did become happier. What contributed most to my happiness was when I encountered a new emerging field.