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The Happiness Lab Meets No Stupid Questions

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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The Hedonic Treadmill

We kind of just get used to stuff. So if you have something objectively awsome happen, you notice and you feel that it is good for a short while. But then you kind of just getting used to it. The flip side is that we also get used to circumstances that are pretty awful. They don't continue to affect our psychology as bad as when they first happen.

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