In just the past month, more than 600,000 people in an increasingly housebound world have signed up for Yale’s free online course “The Science of Well Being,” originally taught on campus in the spring of 2018 by Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos.
The most popular course in the more than three-century history of Yale, “The Science of Well Being” highlights research that reveals misconceptions about what makes us happy — and the concrete steps we can take to live a more fulfilling life.
Total enrollment for the class from March 20 of 2018 to March 19, 2019 stood at 539,000, making it the most popular online course in Yale history. By the end of the day on March 24, 2020 enrollment stood at 1,153,744, with 631,980 people enrolling in March alone. In addition, 10.5 million people have visited the site recently.
I have neither enrolled nor taken the course. I may -- or I may not. Professor Santos might be a genius. Or, she may be spouting total malarkey / tomfoolery / balderdash / drivel (choose your favorite word for "verbal junk"). At this point, I cannot give a fact-based opinion.
However, I am in complete agreement that this world -- especially right now -- needs more happy. A whole heckuva lot of it.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt