A User's Guide to Our Emotional Thermostat (with Adam Mastroianni)
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 939
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Episode description
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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