Smooth Motions

There’s an interview in today’s NYT with Dan Gilbert, the Harvard psychologist who authored the best selling book with the above title:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/science/22conv.html?_r=1&oref=login

There are many points of contact with Epicureanism (e.g. the emphasis on personal relationships and the value of experience as opposed to durable goods), but Gilbert presents it all as science. I haven’t read the book yet, but I am interested in exploring further the relationship between the themes of ancient ethics and the findings of “positive psychology.” Has anyone read the book?