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"What We Want Doesn’t Always Make Us Happy" another worthless commentary


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2020 Jul 25, 5:13pm   737 views  10 comments

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https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-we-want-doesn-t-always-make-us-happy?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Excerpt: "Happiness research has led to some surprising and troubling discoveries. People seem to reliably seek out a few things that make them unhappy.

One of these things is Facebook, by far the world's largest social-networking site. In a 2019 paper, economists Hunt Allcott, Luca Braghieri, Sarah Eichmeyer and Matthew Gentzkow investigated how much money they had to pay Facebook users in order to get them to deactivate the Facebook app for one or two months. They found that the median amount was $100, and the average was $180 (the latter being larger because a few users really loved Facebook).

This suggests that Facebook, which is free to use, generates a huge amount of utility — more than $370 billion a year in consumer surplus in the U.S. alone. This bolsters the argument of those who believe that free digital services have added a lot of unmeasured output to the global economy.

But Allcott et al. also found that the people who deactivated Facebook as part of the experiment were happier afterward, reporting higher levels of life satisfaction and lower levels of depression and anxiety. The change was modest but significant — equal to about 25 to 40 percent of the beneficial effect typically reported for psychotherapy.

Why are people willing to pay so much money for something that reduces their happiness? One possibility is that social media acts like an addictive drug — in fact, the people Allcott et al. paid to deactivate Facebook ended up using it less after the experiment was over."

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1   Rin   2020 Jul 25, 5:16pm  

The above is simply telling me that people are basically stupid.

For instance, I like to drink Gin, fuck hoes, and listen the hard rock.

Today, since I can't travel to Canada anymore, thanks to the border lockdown, I have a RealDoll at home so that I still fondle boobs and ass and get my dick wet, while I'm drinking away and listening to metal.

You see, this is how real happiness works. It's about having a system in place, not doing stupid things like being on Facebook or living 2 hrs from work to have a 4 hr round trip and other idiocies.
3   B.A.C.A.H.   2020 Jul 25, 6:49pm  

Rin says
stupid things like ... living 2 hrs from work to have a 4 hr round trip


So many people like that (thinking that they're) Living The Dream in the Bay Area for so many years.
4   Rin   2020 Jul 26, 3:54am  

B.A.C.A.H. says
Rin says
stupid things like ... living 2 hrs from work to have a 4 hr round trip


So many people like that (thinking that they're) Living The Dream in the Bay Area for so many years.


I guess that's the Bay Area's version of Californication, since we already know the LA version.
5   Shaman   2020 Jul 26, 6:08am  

Most people are rather stupid and easily fooled by propaganda and hucksters tricks.
Don’t expect too much from them.

Happiness can be two things for me:
1)Nietche’s definition: “the feeling that power is increasing, that difficulties are being overcome”
This is the feeling of accomplishment one gets as hard work and skill and sacrifice pays off.
2)Personal contact. Connecting with other people is also a Path towards happiness. A great conversation with a friend or a great date with your lady is a rush of good feelings on the rise.

It’s why people get married, so they get both of those things on the regular, and have a life partner to help them work towards their shared goals. I know I have more great conversations with my wife than with anyone else, and she’s always my hot date.
Anyway...
6   mell   2020 Jul 26, 12:45pm  

Shaman says
Most people are rather stupid and easily fooled by propaganda and hucksters tricks.
Don’t expect too much from them.

Happiness can be two things for me:
1)Nietche’s definition: “the feeling that power is increasing, that difficulties are being overcome”
This is the feeling of accomplishment one gets as hard work and skill and sacrifice pays off.
2)Personal contact. Connecting with other people is also a Path towards happiness. A great conversation with a friend or a great date with your lady is a rush of good feelings on the rise.

It’s why people get married, so they get both of those things on the regular, and have a life partner to help them work towards their shared goals. I know I have more great conversations with my wife than with anyone else, and she’s always my hot date.
Anyway...


lol you should write a book on the perfect marriage - I mean I'm a proponent despite modern marriage (laws) being mostly a sham, but I have never met anyone who has only good things to say about their SO. Maybe this book is what is needed in the times of Covid.
7   just_passing_through   2020 Jul 26, 1:37pm  

mell says
I have never met anyone who has only good things to say about their SO.


I have a dozen examples in my family. Unfortunately, not the parental units.
8   Rin   2020 Jul 26, 2:57pm  

Ceffer says

www.youtube.com/embed/67VATPxULPk


CEO Nathan Bateman (I'm wondering if it's a nod towards Patrick Bateman of 'American Psycho') of 'Ex-Machina' was some sort of idiot.

First of all, he had two AI bots in his home, one of whom was a dysfunctional (Red flag, right there) Japanese servant, Kyoko, and the 2nd, the next gen, Ava.

Hello!

Has Nat ever watched 'Outer Limits', 'Colossus: the Forbin Project', 'Terminator', 'Alien' (remember Ian Holm), or half the other A.I. Sci-Fi shows/movies out there? The sex 'bots are suppose to be dumb rules based AI 'bots whose primary and only programming is ... "I want ... your cock ... inside me"

And then, you keep your true AI projects on a private server with NO INTERNET access and NO CHASSIS to roam around your residence!
9   Ceffer   2020 Jul 26, 5:33pm  

Real Dolls have Chinese internet chips that turn them into knife wielding, castrating bots on CCP command! Just at the moment of consummation, SLASH, CUT, RIP!

Dianne Feinstein approved this product.
10   Rin   2020 Jul 26, 5:46pm  

That's why I opted for the RealDoll w/o any electronics, actuators, or software.

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