Psychology
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34 minutes agoThe Affective Side of Meaningfulness
Meaningfulness determines how strongly affect attaches to goals, shaping motivation and willingness to endure discomfort to pursue or maintain those goals.
For millennia human beings have had hands, used hands casually, without even thinking about it, like they were no big deal. And everything was fine with hands until...some wizard realized you could rest the top third of your opposing fingers together while pressing the pads of your thumbs together below and make an approximation of the shape of a heart.