Prof Paul Dolan

Delighted to be in such esteemed company for the upcoming @oxfordlitfest

We join a long list of great people contributing to the book, including Lord Sumption, Baroness Fall, Simon Case, @EmilyThornberry @GiselaStuart @lionelbarber @baroness_susan @AndyHaldane @marinaccwheeler @RowanWInfo @DMiliband

If anyone wants to learn lessons from Brexit, the Brexit Effect edited by @AnthonySeldon is a must read. I'm proud to have authored the final chapter with @SteveBakerFRSA. Steve and I have very differing views on Brexit and much else besides but work together for precisely that reason cambridge.org/gb/universityp… @ProvocPeople

I thoroughly enjoyed the discussion with @Livingstone_S Sarah Dillon, Sharon White and @AdamBrz at last night's @LSEPublicPolicy event on the narratives in policymaking. Some great questions from the audience. You can watch the event here: lselive.eckoenterprise.net/events/2026021… and you can read the full report here - ppr.lse.ac.uk/?_gl=1*1n9rjf0…

@Livingstone_S @profpauldolan Similarly, Dolan says we need to "stop fetishising economic growth at all costs", rather a more balanced approach. Likewise, he calls for "genuine social mobility" rather than simply focusing on "job progression". #LSEEvents

@Livingstone_S @profpauldolan Dolan say that narratives around what success looks like & financial pressures telling people they can "never earn enough money" can lead to increased dissatisfaction with one's lot. Argues we need "a more ambivalent approach" but "ambivalence makes poor stories" #LSEEvents

We are all tempted by short-term pleasures. But Rizzle Kicks’ @jordanfstephens argues true pleasure is found in grappling with our vulnerability and embracing grief, heartbreak and the chaos of life. | iai.tv/video/trouble-… In this interview, he joins @profpauldolan to discuss how giving into short-term desires is not only destructive to our health but also to our creativity.

Really enjoyed my chat with @DamianReilly for @ArabianBusiness for @EmiratesLitFest, especially the discussion on AI and my misery when Happy by Pharrell Williams is played as my walk-on music.... You can read the interview here: arabianbusiness.com/life/interview…

The success of this initial experiment has inspired us to delve deeper into measuring and creating the conditions for "oneness" in a range of settings. Stay tuned. In the meantime, you can read the results so far at the link below. fatboyslim.net/2026/02/04/hap…

With thanks to my most amazing collaborator @amat1c and the teams at @PolarGlobal @TOMvenue Anglo Management, and of course to Norman, who threw himself into the experiment.

Very excited to share some results from Happiness Experiment with @FatboySlim. Having measured heart rate and heart rate variability at a scale never attempted before, it looks like heart rates become aligned in anticipation of 'the drop’.

A thorough and thoroughly worrying piece by @FraserNelson. We need more transparency ... and less beliefism of course... amazon.co.uk/Beliefism-disc…

And to be able to produce some cool dashboards as shown here. Message me if you want to find out more about using sam.

Biometric data can enhance our understanding of emotion but asking people still remains best way to find out how they're feeling. The buttons allow us to do this in the least invasive way possible.

You'll see from the last post that I have just revealed my new ’sam’ buttons - ’social affect measure’ - which we have been developing since the Happiness Experiment with Fatboy Slim. The buttons can measure any three feelings or reactions, depending on the presses.

Really enjoyed my time at @EmiratesLitFest and thank you to @emirates for hosting me. I unveiled my ‘sam’ buttons - social affect measure - to measure audience emotions and the headline results are here.

Morning stroll before my beliefism session @EmiratesLitFest. Very few people venture outdoors because 18C is too cold apparently....

What a joy to be a guest on @DubaiEye1038FM with Helen Farmer today, discussing beliefism. Hope the conversations had an impact for listeners. @EmiratesLitFest

A sunny hello from @EmiratesLitFest in Dubai. Interested in the response to beliefism here.

So much of what makes us happy is obvious but overlooked. Enjoyed chatting to @emilylcraig @Telegraph for this piece. telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…