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That study is extremely misunderstood and frankly the idea that money isn’t correlated to happiness after some moderate income level (e.g. 75k) is flat out not
by grandmczeb 7y ago
That study is extremely misunderstood and frankly the idea that money isn’t correlated to happiness after some moderate income level (e.g. 75k) is flat out not supported by evidence.
https://www.vox.com/2015/6/20/8815813/orange-is-the-new-black-piper-chapman-happiness-study https://www.vox.com/2015/6/20/8815813/orange-is-the-new-blac...
- joelbluminator 7y agoIntuitively it makes sense to me. I can see how someone who makes 160K might feel a bit better about himself than someone who makes 80K, but that's not really happiness is it? It's some kind of contentment. And how much happier is he? He makes 2x as much so he's 2x happier? Obviously the correlation more money = more happiness isn't strong and declines after a certain amount.
- joelbluminator 7y agoPutting that specific research aside, there's a wealth of data on what makes humans happy and money/social status isn't as high on the list as you'd expect.