cousin_it comments on Overpaying for happiness? - Less Wrong

31 Post author: cousin_it 01 January 2015 12:22PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 02 January 2015 12:11:52PM *  1 point [-]

I'm not sure that's quite the same as the hedonic treadmill. In a hedonic treadmill, your happiness stays roughly constant. But in a "futile dreams" situation, you're actually getting less and less happy with time.