i could've sworn that there was an article recently stating that $60k was the magical number for an individual, since you mention it. edit: its in this TED tal

i could've sworn that there was an article recently stating that $60k was the magical number for an individual, since you mention it. edit: its in this TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_exper... and we've talked about it before here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1381927 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1381927