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Something Is Very Wrong With Modern Life - Arthur Brooks - #1109
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Are We Just Pursuing Approval?
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From gold medalist syndrome to New York Times bestsellers, the arrival fallacy guarantees satisfaction never arrives. Evolution hard-wired this to keep humans perpetually in the hunt. [1] — Arthur Brooks "Olympic gold medalists reliably get depressed after winning. The reason is evolutionary: mother nature hard-wired the arrival fallacy so yo…" 23:00
Clinical rates of depression have tripled and anxiety has doubled since approximately 2008, coinciding with the rise of smartphone and social media use.
Olympic gold medalists routinely experience depression after winning, a phenomenon known as gold medalist syndrome or the arrival fallacy — the anticipated feeling of 'finally being special' never arrives.
Olympic gold medalists reliably get depressed after winning. The reason is evolutionary: mother nature hard-wired the arrival fallacy so you stay in the hunt. The promise of satisfaction was never meant to be kept.
The average American checks their phone 205 times a day, pushing them into left-brain dominance and away from right-brain meaning.
Meaning requires three things: coherence (knowing why things happen), purpose (knowing why you do what you do), and significance (knowing your life matters to someone). All three are collapsing in modern culture.
