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You're not very happy if you're starving.
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You want to be satiated, you want to be satisfied,
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so you seek out food to fill your belly.
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Once you've done it, you're happy.
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Steven Pinker summarizes
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the keys to happiness in a nicely evocative passage:
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"We are happier when we are healthy, well-fed,
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comfortable, safe, prosperous, knowledgeable,
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respected, non-celibate, in love."
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How many people here have got all of those right now?
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Oh, come on. Some people.
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Oddly enough, the person who