Are We Programmed To Be Unhappy? From the Hedonic Treadmill to Andrew Huberman

It's a big question, but I want to tackle it... are we programmed to be unhappy?

The research in this one spans almost 300 years, staring with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the hedonic treadmill, then heading to modern research by the likes of Anna Lembke and Andrew Huberman; all via the Tocqueville Paradox.

Each of these pices of research presents a stacked deck, where genuine lasting happiness is a fleeting thing. But is the data the truth? And more importantly... are we bound by it?

Link to the Huberman Lab article mentioned at the end: https://hubermanlab.com/tools-to-manage-dopamine-and-improve-motivation-and-drive/