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> So the richest man in a village that has $X is probably happier than the wall-street banker that has $10X but is surrounded by people who have $100X The inte
by ObserverNeutral 5y ago
> So the richest man in a village that has $X is probably happier than the wall-street banker that has $10X but is surrounded by people who have $100X
The internet and widespread access to statistics and lifestyle content has sort of ruined that.
The guy in the village is happy as long as he doesn't turn the TV on, or goes on forbes.com to take a look at the billionaires index
- medvezhenok 5y agoNot exactly, since there still has to be a proximity effect. You might see rich people on TV, but you're not in direct competition with them for anything. It's about your relative standing with regards to people who you actually compare yourselves to (like other people around your rank in the dating markets, for example)
- ObserverNeutral 5y agoOf course you are in direct competition. Look at the village boss net worth vs Bezos. We all measure our success with net worth in dollars. That plus the internet changed the game. Now we approximately know each person net worth and especially the net worth of the leaders in the standings. Also just because Bezos is not around the village to steal your girl doesn't mean you don't think and predict what would happen if he were to come to the village and hit on your girl.