# FLOW and relations to other concepts

- happiness  and satisfaction are different

- [mindfulness meditation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness) of living [in the present](https://mindfulnessmeditationinstitute.org/2019/12/30/how-to-be-happy-by-living-in-the-present-moment/) 
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similar to the flow? 
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- happiness and love are different

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Loving

- Newton in a FLOW state - see [Derman's article](http://emanuelderman.com/wp-content/uploads/1999/12/Metaphors-Models-Theories.pdf)

- matching complexity of our brain and the topic/activity - Manin

Kolmogorov-Shannon complexity

- Kahneman

[A Nobel Prize-winning psychologist says most people don’t really want to be happy](https://qz.com/1503207/a-nobel-prize-winning-psychologist-defines-happiness-versus-satisfaction/#:~:text=Kahneman%20contends%20that%20happiness%20and,kind%20of%20life%20you%20admire.)

[Why Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman Gave Up on Happiness](https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-why-nobel-prize-winner-daniel-kahneman-gave-up-on-happiness-1.6528513)

# Parents

* My notes about FLOW - MT
* Daniel Kahneman