Unpredictable Reward, Predictable Happiness
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Six Reasons Why a Is Is Not the Optimization Target
When patients start taking stimulants, for example, aderall daily, a common pattern is that they feel euphoric and on top of the world for a few days to a week. Sometimes additionally, after a few months or years, they'll gain complete tolerance to the stimulant - it won't help them focus any more. And usually a short break, a few weeks to months, can reset it and make the stimulant work again. But there's no way to get the euphoria for more than a few days per month to years. How similar is the euphoria to focus to nothing, patten to the passionate love to companione, love to nothing pattern? And the
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