According to this post, the hedonic treadmill theory has been disproven. [0] "The author is flat out wrong. The Hedonic Treadmill has been disproven. Moreover,

According to this post, the hedonic treadmill theory has been disproven. [0] "The author is flat out wrong. The Hedonic Treadmill has been disproven. Moreover, the author seems to be conflating the concept of the treadmill, with adaptation. The former denotes the subject returns to the original state. The latter recognizes that while we become accustomed to new things, we still improve in happiness. The author is also misquoting, or misunderstanding, Kahneman. Kahneman isn't talking at all about the treadmill. He's talking about what he called the "Focusing Illusion"-- a fancy way of saying "the grass is always greener on the other side..." Relevant links: "Beyond the Hedonic Treadmill: Revising the Adaptation Theory of Well-Being" http://www.factorhappiness.at/downloads/quellen/S9_Diener.pdf http://www.factorhappiness.at/downloads/quellen/S9_Diener.pd... Kahneman tried to explain the hedonic treadmill via with his own aspiration treadmill. He claims that he not only failed, but the data were opposite to his hypothesis. https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10056 https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10056 Kahneman's paper where that OP misquotes Kahneman from: http://psiexp.ss.uci.edu/research/teaching/Schkade_Kahneman_1998.pdf http://psiexp.ss.uci.edu/research/teaching/Schkade_Kahneman_... [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11535504 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11535504