Annoying features of our mind
- Our minds' strongest intuitions are often totally wrong. The things we think are gonna make us happy don't really make us happy.
- Our minds don't think in terms of absolutes. Causes social comparison, which is described by the image above, the orange circles are the same size but seem different due to the others surrounding them.
- Our mind is built to get used to stuff. When we experience things for the first time they are amazing, but this fades away with repetition.
- We don't realize our minds are built to get used to stuff. We can adapt to negative effects, we are more resilient than we think.
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