happiness

After a heated debate with my roommate about happiness and science - don't ask me how they're connected - I found this on NPR. "Positive psychology" is the most popular course at Harvard, but it sounds more like a Dr. Phil show, rather than a Ivy League class. I didn't make my mind about it yet. Should I be dissapointed or excited about this? Sometimes I feel like simplification is a great idea, but other times I want to be hardcore and change the world.