<div dir="ltr"><div>My understanding is that "mood setpoint" is so strong and ingrained, that even anti-depressants over time, tend to lose effectiveness, due to it.<br><br><br></div>John<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Anders Sandberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anders@aleph.se" target="_blank">anders@aleph.se</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 2013-10-28 22:14, John Grigg wrote:<br>
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How would you redesign the human brain, so that people could lead happier, more vibrant lives?<br>
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His book sounds like it makes a lot of sense. Whether that is enough to actually help, is of course another matter!<br>
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Building the right practical or cognitive habits is a lot of work. We need to streamline the process (but presumably not make it too easy, because then we might get instability).<br>
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I would love to know how to manipulate the mood setpoint of the brain. Surely the right kind of thinking can change your stable mood a bit, but genetic and other innate factors seem to be more powerful. One of the things I am hoping to figure out using personal genomics is why I have my bright mood setpoint - and then we can start figuring out how to fix it in other brains.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Dr Anders Sandberg<br>
Future of Humanity Institute<br>
Oxford Martin School<br>
Oxford University<br>
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