And it goes, BBBC, BBC, BC, and then a D note to dishabituate from both the B and the C notes. And if you take a sliver of that rondo sequence, it goes BBC, BC, D. And if you replace the letter
So the challenge really is, how do we regain sensitivity, both to the good, bad-- the good things and to the bad things? How can we dishabituate ? So let's start with dishabituating to the good.
To induce the fear again so people are more cautious. And how do we dishabituate ? We change things up, right?
Why is that? Our brain observes upright faces all the time-- thousands a day. So we call these individuals dishabituated entrepreneurs.
and that is variety. So shaking up our days causes us to dishabituate , and therefore enhances the sense of happiness and of meaning. People who have diversified their lives-- for example, they may have lived in different places, worked on different projects, interacted with diverse
Why is that? Our brain observes upright faces all the time-- thousands a day. And what she decided to do is she wanted people to dishabituate , for example, to the ratio of male and female speakers.
And so how can we do that? Well, what we want to do is to dishabituate people, right? To induce the fear again so people are more cautious.
But like those vacations, it starts dwindling over time. But if you have a break, what happens is that you dishabituate . And every time the song comes back on, you jump back.
We shake it up. We need to change our environment, change the rules in order to get people to dishabituate . Let me give you a very specific example.
But if you see the same warning signs again and again and again, you habituate less of a reaction and less of an impact. And so the FDA actually recommends that these warnings be rotated every so often in order to dishabituate people so they feel the emotion and it has more of an impact.
Why is that? Our brain observes upright faces all the time-- thousands a day. And not only don't they habituate, they actually call things out to make other people dishabituate .
But if at that very moment, the mouse was about to habituate, instead of playing a B note, you play a C note. The mouse will not only turn its head at the C, it'll also dishabituate the mouse from the B note. So now you can go back to playing the B note to scare the mouse.
So for example, you may spend years in cancer research, and the feeling of purpose and awe that was once there may change into a sense of just routine. However, there is a third ingredient of a good life that can actually capture-- stop habituation, cause us to dishabituate , and that is variety.
How can we dishabituate ? So let's start with dishabituating to the good. And really, the key here is this wonderful quote by the economist Tibor Scitovsky.