Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit...
by hinkley on Sunday October 29, 2023 @01:29PM
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See also the hedonic treadmill. Anyone who has gone on a sugar fast finds out that most sodas are too sweet to tolerate. We have to acclimate to such calorie dense food. Which should be a sign we’re doing it wrong.
It worked because things that used to contain sugar were rare and not loaded with it.
Our smart species then went for concentrating the stuff we love so much, and make it easy to get.
And today, it's a problem for us.
It's the same thing with netflix, dating apps, porn, etc.
There is nothing wrong with a little sugar to make your life sweater.
But sugar alone is not going to sustain you. And too much will be very bad for you.
We have have been very good are removing the effort at getting a lot of it. But we are not good are taking just what we should now that we have it. And even worse at getting the rest as well.
Also it turns out the effort of getting it was not awesome, but came with some benefits we have now to artificially put back in our life. And we are not doing so with enthusiasm.