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Downvoted as a matter of course for the disrespectful lack of a summary. This would have been enough:
results in a positive feedback loop pushing people into depression.
I did not know LW had that rule.
Point learned.
Upvoting OP to encourage responding to feedback.
It doesn't. I am trying to change that. And thanks for adding the summary (downvote removed).
LW doesn't work directly through rules. It works through voting.
There is another important information towards the end of the article: different cultures have different connotations of "happiness" -- high arousal positive state (enthusiasm or excitement) vs. low arousal positive state (calm and serenity). The latter can be held for a long time, the former can not.
Thus by defining hapiness as a state of perpetual excitement, you are already sowing seeds of your future disappointment with your life.
(By the way: depression can also have biological reasons, indepenent on the topic of the article.)
Not only different culture. Even different age groups of the same culture have different notions.