2. Why does the intensity and duration of the pleasure we take in new things tend to decrease over time, according to the article “The Futile Pursuit of Happiness”? Do you think that this phenomenon means that we are doomed to be unhappy in the end? Why or why not?

Read the sentence from "black hole beginnings." as more stuff gathers, its combined gravitation grows stronger. what question should readers ask to determine the effect in the sentence? 1.how much stuff is combined? 2.where does the stuff gather? 3.why does the gravitation grow stronger? 4.what happens when more stuff gathers?