adapt to their circumstances. A raise or a new car boosts happiness for a while, then baseline returns. Setbacks hurt, then we adapt. The hedonic treadmill is the idea that...
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adapt to their circumstances. A raise or a new car boosts happiness for a while, then baseline returns. Setbacks hurt, then we adapt. The hedonic treadmill is the idea that...
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Mental Model
Mental ModelAdaptation & Red Queen Effect
adaptation is required just to maintain relative position.
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Mental ModelComplex Adaptive Systems
interacting agents self-organise to produce emergent behaviour.
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Mental ModelCritical Mass
tipping-point threshold where a process becomes self-sustaining.
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Mental ModelEntropy
ordered systems tend toward disorder unless energy is continuously invested.
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Mental ModelFlywheel
momentum built through consistent effort in one direction.
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Mental ModelIncentives
respond to rewards and punishments, not instructions.