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I think studies have shown that past a relatively low (by SV standards) level of income ($75kish I think) the relationship between money and happiness breaks do

I think studies have shown that past a relatively low (by SV standards) level of income ($75kish I think) the relationship between money and happiness breaks down. The argument can definitely be made that the happiness difference between "comfortable and independent" and "Zuckerberg" is not all that great.

jkyle 11y ago
> I think studies have shown that past a relatively low (by SV standards) level of income ($75kish I think) the relationship between money and happiness breaks down. This is true. But while that is low by SV standards, the $75k threshold from the study is targeted to "median america" cost of living. If you adjust for cost of living and for purchasing power over the 6 years since the study was conducted, you end up with quite a bit more for areas like San Francisco. In fact, you'd probably be looking at more like 175-185k. [1] 1. http://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/commentaries/Happiness-Benchmark.php#ixzz37eM5xPxF http://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/commentaries/Happi...
monsieurbanana 11y ago
That's not intuitive for me. I personally think my threshold would rather be "comfortable and independent without having to work". Not that I don't want to work anymore, but being able to leave my programming job and becoming a dog breeder would make a lot of difference. And take month longs vacations to travel whenever I wanted.