Keep in mind that while the post is poetic, he mentions getting rich in an IPO, and references Peter Thiel. So when he says wealth doesn't make you happy, he's

Keep in mind that while the post is poetic, he mentions getting rich in an IPO, and references Peter Thiel. So when he says wealth doesn't make you happy, he's saying something like "the difference between 10 million and 50 million isn't that great". My understanding is that there's some evidence of diminishing returns beyond $60k/yr in the US. (And a related psychological concept: hedonic treadmill.) For regular working people like me, while I do have to wrestle with work/life balance--even if one is comfortable not having a lot of personal time to chill or pursue non-work stuff, there are social expectations (and I'm single, with a spouse and kids it's even tougher)--but still, I feel like anyone who wants to lecture me about money not being that important should maybe commit to paying my utility bills first. (In fact I feel money even helps with the aforementioned social expectations, i.e. if I have some resources of my own and feel somewhat secure then I can better support other people and participate in other activities.) To sum up, I liked this tweet: "Life goal: write one of those 'now I’m rich but it didn’t really make me happy' blog posts." https://twitter.com/kevindente/status/738126854180077568 https://twitter.com/kevindente/status/738126854180077568