+1: #1165 Eudaimonic Treadmills

<div><span class= "author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> Have you ever heard of</span> <span class= "author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z h-ldquo"> “hedonic</span> <span class= "author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> treadmills”?</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span class= "author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> We talked about them briefly a few years ago in the context of</span> <span class= "thread-880811542979719618199214 attrcomment attrcommentfirst thread-880811542979719618199214-first author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> <span class="comment-extra-inner-span">this +1 on the science of hedonic adaptation</span></span><span class= " author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z">. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span class= " author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> Basic idea: We adapt to all the</span> <span class= " author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z h-ldquo"> “things”</span> <span class= " author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> we get in our lives. That shiny new car isn’t so shiny a few months after we get it. Same thing with the new phone or TV or whatever.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span class= "thread-904933539812088331884071 attrcomment attrcommentfirst thread-904933539812088331884071-first author-d-iz88z86z86za0d