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Comment author: gwern 03 September 2016 09:02:01PM 1 point [-]
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How to Live a Life with More Positive Than Negative Feelings? A Review of Menelaos Apostolou, Feeling Good: An Evolutionary Perspective on Life Choices

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-016-0069-1/fulltext.html?view=classic

"After focusing on reproductive success (chapters 5 to 8), the book turns to discussions of success in survival (chapters 9 to 12). In the ninth chapter, Apostolou clarifies the definition of competition and who could be the potential competitors in a social context. Thus, he argues that each person should increase the comparative advantage over others and instead of wasting limited resources in doing things that we are not good at, it would be better to direct the resources to things that we are good at doing."