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Comment by stcredzero

It should really not be a surprise that imagination is lacking here because for a lot of people, happiness is just defined as having things other people don't have

The psychological research suggests that this is how people are wired up. Just as we're wired up to consume fat and sugar whenever we come across it, we're basically wired up to start marauding our neighbors if they're way richer than we are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3XYHPAwBzE

parent stcredzero 8 years ago

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