
Why we become bored with our lives (and how to find joy again)
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The Perils of Eternal Pleasure and Human Habituation
This chapter examines a profound lesson from The Twilight Zone about a crook who discovers that eternal pleasure in the afterlife can lead to unfulfillment. It also explores the concept of habituation, referencing a tourism study that shows how happiness from pleasurable experiences declines with overexposure.
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