If We Didn’t Give Gifts, We Wouldn’t Survive as a Species

The joy of giving isn’t just a cute by-product of humanity, but rather a fundamental ingredient of what makes us human

Cortney Clift
Elemental
Published in
5 min readDec 23, 2019

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InIn the field of positive psychology, there is a widely known — and somewhat depressing — phenomenon known as hedonic adaptation. Simply put, it describes a human tendency…

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Cortney Clift
Elemental

Cortney Clift is a Brooklyn-based journalist who writes about food, travel, and wellness.