"An activity of the soul in the way of perfect excellence" is how Aristotle defined happiness. While Socrates and Plato argued that "life of pure pleasure is like that of an oyster", the most eligible life is a "mixture of both wisdom and pleasure governed by reason". They maintained that the just man is always happier (the title used here are their words as well). And Brooks' advice deeply rooted in classical philosophy frequently references Seneca's teaching of inner peace (eudaemonia), that is achieved by "managing emotional extremes so that they don't manage you". In Filipino, based on a few texts somewhere, there is the delicadeza version which means "the practical mechanism and highest form of social intelligence" whereas the opposite of its basic premise (Spanish version including sensitivity), that's without being delicate and the absence of integrity is simply pure manipulation and blunt justice. Real justice ...
Everything technology and the felicity of disparate tidings.