How Does Hedonic Adaptation Affect the Pursuit of Happiness? - with Joe Gladstone
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- In this clip from a longer talk, Joe Gladstone explains what hedonic adaptation is and how it can hinder us becoming more happy.
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Hedonic adaptation is the tendency of humans to return to a relatively stable overall level of happiness following major, positive and negative, life events.
Joe Gladstone is an Assistant Professor at University College London. Named one of the top 30 people under 30 in Finance by Forbes Magazine, Joe's research draws from both Behavioural Economics and Consumer Psychology to understand how we can help people to improve their financial decisions.
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I've never seen such a physically emotive speaker. He could be a backup dancer for Beyonce
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that guy is way to nervous
Or is he just really happy? ;)
Happiness is not defined by a state, but by a *transition.* (It's not measured by some hypothetical emotion function, but rather by that function's derivative.) This is why people (mistakenly) insist that you have to be 'down' before you can appreciate what being 'up' feels like.
Steady improvement would do more for happiness than one sudden positive change.
Even then, a non-decreasing (or even strictly increasing) state function might not properly codify nirvana.
Perhaps, truly ... happiness is something like e^{x}.
e ⋅ Δx / Δt
There are complicating factors though - such as, yeah, money for example. A steady increase might make you "longer-term happy" than one single "jackpot" haul by itself could, but if substantial enough both cases might enable you equally to _keep buying_ things (or experiences) that keep making you happy again and again. Now try doing that without any money to spare...
Stewie?
2:03
love the way he saying "especially" 1:05
Maybe, this is just ''The Middle Way'' as described by Siddhartha Gautama . . The Buddha. re booted? All conditioned phenomena are subject to change. What arises; passes.?
"This too shall pass"
Thank you and a much needed point of discussion in our school system.
This guys jacket makes me happy
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That little clicking noise he makes with his mouth is driving me nuts.
Can't unheard it know..
Great talk I agree
This video (and your channel in general) deserves far more views than it gets. Thank you for the knowledge you share and please continue making videos, regardless of your popularity. Rock on, Royal Institution.
Thank you, friend! We're a very very small team in an independent charity, but we have big ambitions (a world where everyone is inspired to think more deeply about science and its place in our lives). With people like you in our corner, we'll get there!
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That explanation was very helpful in understanding hedonic adaptation. Thank you.
With u on that
But what if
Being poor makes u less happy bc ure surrounded by rich ppl and u dont feel like u fit in
And since theres alot of rich ppl things are more costly so u cant pay for basic needs
I means yeah obvious but what am trying to ask is what if poor ppl are less happy bc there are way richer ppl than them and indirectly affecting all other aspects of their happy
Social economical and mental and others
Wow, this will completely change the way I think about achieving my goals
I wish there were English subtitle there
yes, more smaller videos. these will act as a trailers. one of the biggest problem to me is that i don't want to watch all long videos of RI, this could solve that.
Thanks for the feedback, we're currently committed to one a month for these, but we'll see if we can ramp it up if there's appetite.
adaption or adaptation?
Niiice! I know @ this through flow genome project!! So much value here tytyty
Joe = Joy
i realized that a long time ago and im happy that people figure this out without me
The audience is bored to death lol
Wtf is up with his clicking habit
...what if being happy really pisses you of?... :-)
then you get pleasure from being unhappy aka you're being a masochist
@@Sandsack2311 .....I always thought that one of my split personalities had that trait....so I tend to totally agree. Scary how close Gladstone gets. Enjoy your day and thanks for the evaluation, whilst I'll be of beating myself up (not of!), :-) poul
(nb. the correct answer in my mind is "then you are English, congrats" :-)
This is so plebeian - the dude needs to read some Aristotle
Peter Jansen
Can you explain a bit please?
A large windfall would definitely make me happier and keep me happier because it would provide a definite foundation going forward. I can plan and anticipate the things I can do with that money without the "when I can afford it" factor. Simply sitting at home and thinking about what I can or might do with the windfall would provide endless pleasure.
Well, he explained that it wouldn't.
You might mean something else than sudden money, ... something like social and economic equality.
@@shoulders-of-giants - No, he said that happiness would decline and flatten. I disagree. The windfall can both be invested and used to build on ever increasing and changing activities and purchases with a level of certainty that your day to day slog could never provide. An important part of happiness is the ability to look into the future with a degree of certainty and confidence, and thus take on challenges and risks that you would never dare living hand to mouth.