Dr. Laurie Santos

It, again, causes us to go for specific things that aren't really going to make us feel as happy as we think.

It, again, causes us to go for specific things that aren't really going to make us feel as happy as we think.

Yeah, well, I think you get the one moment of dopamine, like, oh my gosh, this is awesome, I get this reward.

Yeah, well, I think you get the one moment of dopamine, like, oh my gosh, this is awesome, I get this reward.

But remember that that's not an objective measure, right?

But remember that that's not an objective measure, right?

We're comparing that accolade once we got it to what we thought it was gonna be like.

We're comparing that accolade once we got it to what we thought it was gonna be like.

And because of miswanting, because our expectations are so high, often it's not nearly as good as we think.

And because of miswanting, because our expectations are so high, often it's not nearly as good as we think.

And this is something that researchers like Dan Gilbert call the impact bias.

And this is something that researchers like Dan Gilbert call the impact bias.

The impact of the good things that we get in life are not gonna be as good as we think,

The impact of the good things that we get in life are not gonna be as good as we think,

And they're not going to feel as good for as long as we think.

And they're not going to feel as good for as long as we think.

So it's both in the magnitude of how good we think something is and then in the duration of how long we think that good thing will last and give us pleasure.

So it's both in the magnitude of how good we think something is and then in the duration of how long we think that good thing will last and give us pleasure.

We're usually biased in both of those.

We're usually biased in both of those.