Happiness is adaptive
The hedonic treadmill or hedonic adaptation
is the supposed tendency of humans
to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness
despite major positive or negative events or life changes.
According to this theory,
as a person makes more money, expectations and desires rise in tandem,
which results in no permanent gain in happiness.
Brickman and Campbell coined the term in their essay
"Hedonic Relativism and Planning the Good Society" (1971)
The seashore is a sort of neutral ground
a most advantageous point
from which to contemplate this world
-Henry David Thoreau
"Cape Cod"
"I love you to infinity squared times 2"
We stumbled into a wedding while whale watching
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