Stieg Larsson is dead and Harry Potter's retired, so the book publishing industry has only one thing left up its sleeve: The Secret. Oh, wait, that was already published several years ago. Okay: a sequel to The Secret. More secret!

According to a NYT fake trend story, lots of thinkers these days are dedicating their time to undermining optimism. Thanks a lot guys???? Okay. Deep breath. Positive thoughts. Okay. Well: what we do know is that happy people are dumb.