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The idea being debunked is that there's no correlation between income and happiness past ~$75k/yr. Whether or not this idea is wrong is actually besides my poi
by fairity 4y ago
The idea being debunked is that there's no correlation between income and happiness past ~$75k/yr.
Whether or not this idea is wrong is actually besides my point.
My point is that one of the main reasons this idea spread so quickly is because it provides comfort to those who are not wealthy.
- roundandround 4y agoSure, but a cursory reading of this article stokes the temporary impoverished billionaire who think of future wealth in a way largely interchangeable with religious views on heaven... It actually seems to say that disvomforts required to earn a lot of money would make you less happy than earning a good amount with less effort and it generally won't make up for more relevant factors in happiness. I.e. an easy tenure would make someone happier than being a law partner earning 4 times more.
- mercutio2 4y agoThere may be other things than money that make people happy! But I agree with fairity that a lot of the appeal of this pop-science junk idea "$75k is all you need" was "haha, those rich people aren't actually any happier than me, in fact they're making dumb choices because more money is a dumb thing to pursue". It's just not true. Much richer people are in fact very likely to be happier than you. Not 100% of the time, because money doesn't solve all human problems, but 10x more money solves a huge fraction of problems for basically everyone, and people who aren't rich are just fooling themselves a lot of the time.