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Come on. Would you really have predicted, before a massive two-year pandemic, that it would have a mean-zero random impact on people's well-being? Let's keep ou

• pembrook 5y ago
  I thought it was a well recognized fact that humans adapt--I remember this even from my old high school psych class. There's been a thousand studies about this (becoming a refugee, poverty vs. being rich, etc etc). For most people, the only thing that has the power to permanently change your mental state is the death of someone very close to you (a spouse, child, etc) or forced exile from an identity forming social tie (eg. divorce, getting fired)
  • pawelmurias 5y ago
    It's not a commonly held belief. Why would anyone want to be rich or afraid of being poor of a refuge if you could adapt to anything?
    • lillecarl 5y ago
      Because adapting sucks, but we adapt well to many things. The fear of change can often be worse than change itself.