Is there a name for phenomenon where if your life gets more peaceful/comfortable, you get sensitive to smaller annoyances?
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When normal, run-of-the-mill problems are systematically optimized away, the remainder are Black Swan "weird" events
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ah good connection to 'weird world' effect, but what I'm talking about is more new sensitivity to things that were always there
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not exact, but seems similar to hedonic treadmill or even hygiene hypothesis
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yeah, I was trying to think through the connection to hedonic treadmill... See previous tweet
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almost, but kinda the flip side of that... De-adaptation to pain as opposed to adaptation to pleasure
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I was hoping for a official-sounding term with papers and TED talks attached :D
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nope, can affect anyone who gets comfortable. I'm fighting it right now.
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