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Dr Emily - The (pesky) Hedonistic Treadmill
The Imperfects
The Effects of Positive Experiences on Happiness
The people who won millions of dollars were happy. The people who had been paralyzed, their wellbeing continued to go up beyond the point they were before the accident. A lot of research suggests that we have like a relatively stable kind of almost like set point of happiness or wellbeing. But after a period of time, and typically quite quickly, we actually adapt to or habituate to those pleasant experiences,. We return to that kind of like original baseline of happiness or wellness.
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