https://platoedsim.org/tags/affective-forecasting/Recent content in Affective-Forecasting on The Pleasure Principlehttps://platoedsim.org/images/og-image.pnghttps://platoedsim.org/images/og-image.pngHugo -- 0.131.0en-usSun, 05 Apr 2026 06:10:16 +0000https://platoedsim.org/posts/terrible-at-predicting-happiness/Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:10:16 +0000https://platoedsim.org/posts/terrible-at-predicting-happiness/Why we're terrible at knowing what will make us happy — and what psychologists call 'affective forecasting' reveals about the gap between expected and actual happiness.