humans tend to anticipate more in the way of…

Page 91 humans tend to anticipate more in the way of enduring satisfaction from attainment of goals than will, in fact, transpire. This illusion in the resulting mindset of perpetual aspirations, makes sense as a product of natural selection, but it's not exactly recipe for lifelong happiness. Robert Wright Woo is true.

— from The Mind in the Cockpit

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