happiness too is a delusion , as it is empirical and must have , as kant points out , a continual repetition of the same favorably perceived stimuli for the happiness to continue.71 and as this is impossible , it inevitably falters ; so it is no wonder that , to have little sense of it faltering , so many change precipitously from one friend to the next and one experience to the next , dismissing the old when warranted so as to keep happiness afloat , believing it to be one consistency when in fact it is myriad waves from the exhilaration gained from all that is new .