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I think it's in our nature that we are never satisfied with what we have and once we have fulfilled our latest desire we just directly move onto the next one. B
by iammjm 3y ago
I think it's in our nature that we are never satisfied with what we have and once we have fulfilled our latest desire we just directly move onto the next one. Being constantly bombarded with other people's carefully crafted illusions of perfect lives on social media probably makes this tendency even worse - we are even more acutely aware of what life could be (at least in theory) & what we are potentially missing. Plus, the negative & outrageous is what generates the clicks, so these kinds of signals get amplified and create a yet another illusion dressed as reality
- jononomo 3y agoIf it is in human nature to never be satisfied, then why were Americans more satisfied a few decades ago?
- antisthenes 3y agoThe GP post already explained it - rising expectations are one of the causes of falling satisfactions. If I expect $500 and get $600, I am satisfied, but if I am expecting $1000 and get $900, I am not, despite objectively being better off.
- kube-system 3y agoMaybe the tone used by journalists in newspapers isn’t equally representative of the satisfaction of all Americans.