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The Fun of Eating a Pepper Hotter Than the Sun

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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The Sweet Spot, the Pleasures of Suffering in the Search for Meeting

The human mind has figured out an enterprising way to get all the emotional benefits of bad sensations without any of the real life risk. We simply experience negative events as simulations inside our heads. For self-proclaimed wuss like me, this version of negative experiences is way, way better.

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