Happiness tends to fade over time. Here's how to make it last longer, according to robkhenderson
explanations for behavior. To slightly oversimplify, a proximate explanation is the immediate reason for some behavior. Why did someone apply for a new job? She thinks it will make her happier. The ultimate explanation is the evolutionary reason. Why would happiness evolve in the first place?
Happiness is a reward we get for doing something that, on average, increases Darwinian fitness. Obtaining more resources , increasing social status, improving our appearance or health, helping those we care about.led by economist John F. Helliwell found that people who live in smaller towns are happier than people who live in larger cities. They found in happier communities, there were shorter commute times, less expensive housing, and a smaller share of foreign-born residents.
Big cities attract a certain kind of person—in some cases, educated and ambitious individuals. They are surrounded in these cities with other people just like them. Major cities attract the top 5 percent of global talent. And they all compete against one another, and experience intense statusResearch suggests that we have a “local ladder,” in which our happiness depends mostly on how we compare to our peer groups.
Interestingly, Helliwell and his colleagues also found that even though people in larger cities tend to have higher incomes, moreI think status anxiety has a lot to do with this. In
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