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The phrase was coined about 100 years later, to describe the fear that globalization, wage stagnation, and automized labor would result in the poor mental healt

The phrase was coined about 100 years later, to describe the fear that globalization, wage stagnation, and automized labor would result in the poor mental health of workers, with rippling effects. Of course, that never happened...right?

astrange 4y ago
I believe in the power of people to feel equally bad about their life no matter how well or poorly they're doing. That's called the hedonic treadmill.
- spread_love 4y ago
  Agreed, "late-stage capitalism" was spot on, thanks for not challenging that. A phrase that you actually thought came from "around 1860ish" is dismissed, but an ancient debunked hypothesis from the 1700s is your belief system?
  - astrange 4y ago
    ? "Hedonic treadmill" is from 1970 and not disproven. Going back to the 1700s would be a good demonstration - why would "late capitalism" be more depressing than being a subsistence farmer who had 10 children because the first 7 died?
    - spread_love 4y ago
      > "Hedonic treadmill" is from 1970 Oh wow, you really didn't know https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_Inequality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_Inequality > Going back to the 1700s would be a good demonstration Of...mercantilism? > not disproven Are people with chronic illness just as happy as those without it? If not, your 250-, er, 50-year-old hypothesis is destroyed. https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/18532/1/dp639.pdf https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/18532/1/dp639.pdf
- dontbenebby 4y ago
  > I believe in the power of people to feel equally bad about their life no matter how well or poorly they're doing. That's called the hedonic treadmill. Very nihilistic. "Why better things if people will always be sad" is darkly tautological in bad ways.
  - spread_love 4y ago
    It also assumes the conclusion "people will always be sad" despite this being disproven over and over again in the 250 years since the idea was proposed.

astrange 4y ago

I believe in the power of people to feel equally bad about their life no matter how well or poorly they're doing. That's called the hedonic treadmill.

spread_love 4y ago
Agreed, "late-stage capitalism" was spot on, thanks for not challenging that. A phrase that you actually thought came from "around 1860ish" is dismissed, but an ancient debunked hypothesis from the 1700s is your belief system?
- astrange 4y ago
  ? "Hedonic treadmill" is from 1970 and not disproven. Going back to the 1700s would be a good demonstration - why would "late capitalism" be more depressing than being a subsistence farmer who had 10 children because the first 7 died?
  - spread_love 4y ago
    > "Hedonic treadmill" is from 1970 Oh wow, you really didn't know https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_Inequality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_Inequality > Going back to the 1700s would be a good demonstration Of...mercantilism? > not disproven Are people with chronic illness just as happy as those without it? If not, your 250-, er, 50-year-old hypothesis is destroyed. https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/18532/1/dp639.pdf https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/18532/1/dp639.pdf
dontbenebby 4y ago
> I believe in the power of people to feel equally bad about their life no matter how well or poorly they're doing. That's called the hedonic treadmill. Very nihilistic. "Why better things if people will always be sad" is darkly tautological in bad ways.
- spread_love 4y ago
  It also assumes the conclusion "people will always be sad" despite this being disproven over and over again in the 250 years since the idea was proposed.