Daniel introdeces two concepts when we answer the question how happy we are: experiencing self and remembering self. The former one tells us that feeling about present, while the later one keeps the story of our life. And these two selves answer or think distincly to the question about the happiness of life. As experiencing self, it would tink how happy a person is IN the life, whereas remerbering self would think how happpy he/she is about the life.
My first reaction to the video is that WOW! I've never thought about this when I think how happy I am. I know happiness is about the feeling, but I never know where an how the feeling comes from. However, after I wacting the video, I start to pay attention to those different concepts. I usually would say I am not happy and not unhappy as well. This feeling comes from the experiencing self, because there is not always anything special or exciting happens when I think about happiness of my life.
Besides, I cannot agree more with the statement "We think of our future as anticipated memories". I belive future is based on the past, which is memories. We imagin our future from the past. For example, I would think of my future in UBC is going to be happy, because I am happy in ELI. I see students on cpmpus are with smiles. These memories are the sources to predict my future life. This idea that future is based on the past leads to myagreement with the point that remembering self is the one making decision, because every decision is about the future.
