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A User's Guide to Our Emotional Thermostat (with Adam Mastroianni)

A User's Guide to Our Emotional Thermostat (with Adam Mastroianni)

Update: 2024-04-01
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Can you be too happy? Psychologist Adam Mastroianni talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about our emotional control systems, which seem to work at bringing both sadness and happiness back to a steady baseline. Too much happiness is--perhaps surprisingly--not necessarily a good thing. They also explore whether our general level of happiness is really related to events in our lives or connected to something much larger than ourselves.

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A User's Guide to Our Emotional Thermostat (with Adam Mastroianni)

A User's Guide to Our Emotional Thermostat (with Adam Mastroianni)

EconTalk: Russ Roberts