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186: How Little Discomforts Can Make You Happier and Healthier, Plus Max COVID Update | Michael Easter

The Genius Life

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The Savannah Theory of Happiness

There's a theory called the savannah theory of happiness. It states that the fewer people you are, the happier you'll tend to be as a function of population density. And this is probably because we evolved in small groups of people,. So max, about a hundred and 50 people. But ivsly, all the now, after the industrial revolution, all the jobs moved into cities - even though it's somewhat at odds with our brain more or less. That's one of the reasons why i don't think that i would ever live in new york city again. Cause, imean, it just, la is so much less dense, yes? And ela is still

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