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by spacehome 2857 days ago
> Everyone has a natural level of happiness that is extremely difficult to change permanently.

I see this is true in today's world, but I don't think there's any evidence that this is a permanent state of affairs. I have a hope that there is a recipe for a permanent human elevation of mood that we just haven't unlocked yet.

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You can use a lot of drugs. It drastically lowers how long you feel permanently happy (because you'll die quickly) but it's definitely a real fix.
Yea, but I'm thinking of something that increases the integral of happiness over lifetime. Your solution doesn't quite get there.