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It's called the hedonic treadmill [1]. There's plenty of things written about it if you want to go down the rabbit hole. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedo
by avaer 7mo ago
It's called the hedonic treadmill [1]. There's plenty of things written about it if you want to go down the rabbit hole.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill
- vishalontheline 7mo agoYup - our baseline monkey brain setting. I do think that a lot can affect one's baseline though: health, drug dependency, stress from life, emotional baggage, etc. And, I think that happiness can be achieved through practice (gratitude, letting go, etc..). But yeah, that baseline - life gives some people a below neutral baseline.