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“Our ability to adapt as humans is truly remarkable. An incredibly powerful example is a concept known as the hedonic treadmill. The theory says that two people can be equally happy today, and if tomorrow one wins the lottery and one wakes up paraplegic, they will diverge sharply in happiness. But six months later, they will be back to equal” (p. 36).