Peter Attia· MD
to be a truly happy person you need to enjoy your life and that requires not pleasure it's it's pleasure plus elevation it's pleasure plus plus metacognition
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
to be a truly happy person you need to enjoy your life and that requires not pleasure it's it's pleasure plus elevation it's pleasure plus plus metacognition
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To be a truly happy person, you need to enjoy your life. And that requires not pleasure. It's pleasure plus elevation. It's pleasure plus metacognition.