来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第20集 第20集》
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"I hated life. All this vanity and a chasing after wind"我痛恨生活 虚无如同抓不住的风 -
and there is nothing to be gained under the sun."世上已没什么值得拥有" -
Now, in these books I talked about at the beginning在我先前提到的书中 -
these authors give advice那些作者提供了 -
on how to deal with the hedonic treadmill.如何应对快乐水车的建议 -
How do you deal with the fact that everything you aspire to,一旦你得到了梦寐以求的东西 -
once you get it you'll be used to it就会习以为常 这时你该怎么办 -
and it will lose its value?不再当回事 -
Well, one answer is有种解释是 -
that possessions are not the key to happiness.拥有不是幸福的关键 -
Possessions you very quickly get used to.你很快会对拥有的习以为常 -
From there, there are two alternatives.至此你有两个选择