Is There a Happy Ending?

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The fact we get pleasure of such a thing as tis incredible. That's the great exi id just had one of those messages. A quote you get from, you have from chief justice john roberts commencement speech in 20 17. It really captures a lot of what you're trying to do in this book. But he's talking here about unchosen sofel he chooses it for other people. And i'm somewhat sceptical. The clam that this sort of negative experiences make us better people has never had much un interesting. I think thereis some evidence that s a continuum for everything. So some people do nake et through life fairly unscathed. On extremes, there

We go to movies that make us cry, or scream, or gag. We poke at sores, eat spicy foods, immerse ourselves in hot baths, run marathons. Some of us even seek out pain and humiliation in sexual role-play. Why do we so often seek out physical pain and emotional turmoil? Where do these seemingly perverse appetites come from? In his latest book, The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning, Bloom aims to understand how people find meaning in their lives, and, moreover, to explore what he calls, “the sweet spot” — the proper balance between pleasure and suffering. As one of the world’s leading psychologists, drawing on groundbreaking findings from psychology and brain science, Bloom shows how the right kind of suffering sets the stage for enhanced pleasure.