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title: Would winning the lottery make you happier? — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/would-winning-the-lottery-make-you-happier/
date: 2017-02-07
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# Would winning the lottery make you happier?

Imagine winning a multi-million dollar lottery tomorrow. If you’re like many of us, you’d be ecstatic, unable to believe your good luck. But would that joy still be there a few years later? Raj Raghunathan describes a phenomenon called hedonic adaptation, which may shed light on the answer.