> objective > material benefits > enjoyed There isn't a way to transmute "stuff consumed" into enjoyment/utility/value. We can sort of guess that people who we

> objective > material benefits > enjoyed There isn't a way to transmute "stuff consumed" into enjoyment/utility/value. We can sort of guess that people who were near starvation but are now eating regularly are somehow doing better, but we are so incredibly far from that world that it's worth asking ourselves whether it is really the same thing at all to say people with more TVs in their homes are better off. You're right about doomscrolling though. But there again, people are doing it more. It adds to GDP. Are people better off?