Eric Zimmer

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869 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 26 Jun

Eric Zimmer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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You probably know exactly what I'm talking about. matched

One way is that you just ping people a lot and you ask them, how happy are you right now, essentially. matched

It's one way of doing it. matched

The other way is you ask people questions about life satisfaction. matched

And psychologists will debate which of these is the more real measure of happiness. matched

One school would say, look, I just ask you, you give me points, I just total them all up, and the more points you have, the happier you are. matched

Simple as that. matched

Nothing else to calculate. matched

The other school would say, you know what, that's not really it because there's something deeper and more satisfying. matched

I tend to, by nature of a fluctuating mood system, subscribe to the second theory. matched

There is a meaning to life even when it doesn't feel meaningful. matched

And so that's kind of been my approach to anhedonia. matched

It still happens. matched

It still occurs. matched

I sometimes have it. matched

It's very discernible to me. matched

I notice it when all of a sudden I can't think of anything that I want to listen to, and I don't come alive at the sight of a bookshelf. matched

If either of those two things are true, that is a descent to whatever degree into anhedonia, because normally— matched

There are more things to listen to than there's time to, and the same with books. matched

I feel like, God, I wish there's 100,000 books I want to read. matched

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