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Punishment Fades, Reward Stays
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Abschnitt 1 If you've ever like drink too much one weekend, you wake up the next day and you're like hungover, you're like, "I'm never going to drink again." And then next weekend you're out t
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Abschnitt 2 I think the reason that people speak really nicely about people who've been dead for a long time is that that person has never had the ability to punish them anymore for a very lon
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0:00If you've ever like drink too much one weekend, you wake up the next day and you're like hungover, you're like, "I'm never going to drink again." And then next weekend you're out there partying. What happened is the punishment associated with a hangover faded, but the reward associated with getting drunk and partying stays the same. It's the same reason if you break up with somebody, months later you think about the good times, but you forget about the bad times. If you ever see them again, then all of a sudden it all comes rushing back. You're like, "Oh my god, this person sucks. What was I thinking?" Right? You remember it all because punishment fades, reward stays over time. And I'm going to get really real.
0:25I think the reason that people speak really nicely about people who've been dead for a long time is that that person has never had the ability to punish them anymore for a very long time. And they only remember the good things.