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A model of adaptation in which gains or losses in happiness may fade as people become accustomed to changed circumstances.
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hedonic treadmill
The discussion uses the hedonic treadmill to examine adaptation without assuming that everyone's happiness returns to a fixed level.
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A separate discussion of the hedonic treadmill considers how the reader's initial happiness with a larger book collection may fade as that collection becomes familiar.
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