RomeoStevens, thanks for this comment. I think you’re getting at something interesting, but I confess I this quite hard to follow. Do you think you could possibly restate it, but do so more simply (i.e. with less jargon)? For instance, I don’t know how to make sense of
There seems to be strong status quo bias and typical mind fallacy with regard to hedonic set point.
People observe that observed happiness doesn’t seem to respond much to interventions, so they deprioritize such interventions. This is partially due to the illegibility of variance in happiness.
RomeoStevens, thanks for this comment. I think you’re getting at something interesting, but I confess I this quite hard to follow. Do you think you could possibly restate it, but do so more simply (i.e. with less jargon)? For instance, I don’t know how to make sense of
People observe that observed happiness doesn’t seem to respond much to interventions, so they deprioritize such interventions. This is partially due to the illegibility of variance in happiness.