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How knowledge can complicate simple pleasures

I ordered expensive wine with dinner and spent the entire meal wondering if I was tasting the right notes instead of just enjoying it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The intellectualization of sensory experience can create performance anxiety around what should be instinctive enjoyment.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Pleasure and its examined life?”

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