Daniel Gilbert's Immune To Reality

In Immune to Reality, by Daniel Gilbert, Love 2.0 by Barbara Fredrickson, and Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, the authors propose circumstances where they use aspects of the mind and body to counteract culture around them. Gilbert focuses on the psychological immune system to target rejections and traumas caused by culture; Fredrickson focuses on a new form of love extending to strangers to reject the traditional view of love; and Nafisi focuses on self-will and social interactions that can alleviate the culture of an oppressive, totalitarian regime. Judging from these accounts, the body is wired with processes to tackle situations a person may be thrown into. It is important to note that everyone has evolved in a similar fashion, through fertilization and growth; yet, each person is different and unique in their own way. This is primarily dependent upon where and how a person was raised, in other …show more content…
Many people are raised with their parents supplying them with tools to build a life of their own, but how do people decide on what to do with their life afterwards? Is it due to their culture or their mind and body? Some may succumb to what they think their parents want them to do, but majority of people make decisions to be happy in the long-run. Whether it be a long-term goal of becoming a doctor to work up to a Ferrari, or the simple journey of trying to get a hard-worked painting noticed, everyone is on a unique path to reach their own definition of happiness. There are many things that will affect a person’s general happiness, but it comes down to culture that surrounds a person. Whether culture is accepted or rejected, the body has a mechanism to make the best out of life. The psychological immune system, neural coupling, and self-will, all show a person’s capability to take the influence of culture and carve out their own unique