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The gap between what arrives and what your brain already spent on it.
means The state of expecting something, or the degree to which it is anticipated or considered likely.
from From the Latin verb 'expectare' — really 'exspectare' — built from 'ex-' (out) and 'spectare' (to look, to watch), the same 'spectare' that gives us 'spectacle' and 'spectator.' So at its root, to expect is literally to look out for something coming, craning your neck toward the horizon; the noun 'expectancy' arrived in English around the 16th century to name that forward-leaning state of watchful waiting.
- brain currency
- Dopamine spikes on anticipation, not the reward itself
- life math
- Global life expectancy nearly doubled in a century
- placebo power
- Expecting relief alone can dull real pain
- law term
- Heirs hold legal expectancy before anyone dies
for instance
life expectancy at birth — monaco 87.4 years vs chad 54.7 years as of 2023
healthy life expectancy — japan leads at 74.1 years according to who 2019 data