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Reality is Broken (Jane McGonigal)


Found happiness--happiness we get from external rewards, such as money, material goods, status, or praise--doesn't last very long. We build up a tolerance for our favorite things and start to want more. It takes bigger and better rewards just to trigger the same level of satisfaction and pleasure.
page: 45
tags: hedonism

Every time we engage in autotelic activities, the very opposite of hedonic adaptation occurs. We wean ourselves off consumption and acquisition as sources of pleasure and develop our hedonic resilience.
page: 46
tags: hedonism autotelic resilience