Reticent Man

Men did not evolve to be happy all the time.  When man is mostly happy he does not accomplish new things because he has no motivation.  Men who evolved to be unhappy most of the time would inevitably innovate and thus conquer men who evolved to be happy.

Two of the accomplishments that are correlated most with unhappiness, music and political power, are also correlated very highly with attracting women.  The other accomplishment that is most correlated with attracting women, sporting, is still correlated somewhat with unhappiness e.g. Michael Jordon, but not as much.  The accomplishment correlated least with unhappiness, efficient wealth generation, as also the least attractive to women (though still some).  These facts correlate themselves with the evidence that women are attracted as much to passion as to success.  I have to think further about why that is.

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