life can never be very good, and only crazy people are very happy haha https://www.edge.org/conversation/june_gruber-misunderstanding-positive-emotion …pic.twitter.com/fpo9GC44hN
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happiness I think is a display of high status
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temper tantrums are just another type of status display, saying I'm so exceptional you will put up with this
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right. But by the countervailing logic, when you happily go along (with something), you're non-threatening and deferential.
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interested in how "mismatched happiness" plays in- not allowed to be much happier/less happy than convo partner
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exactly! it's this perspective that makes me roll my eyes at trying to measure e.g. national happiness levels
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