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Money actually does buy happiness, despite what the wealthy would like you to believe. It is very likely that yes, he would in fact be happier with an extra 20

• dmoy 2y ago
  Money buys happiness, up to a point. It's like a pretty linear increase in happiness to some spot somewhere above median income (I forget, something like 1.5x median income). After that, it has very little impact on happiness, if at all. Supposedly, based on some studies.
  • Jaygles 2y ago
    Another way to view it is to say poverty buys misery
• s1artibartfast 2y ago
  Money can buy happiness, but it isn't a guarantee, and isn't necessarily the most important factor. Kill Alex's parents, and rape them as a child, addict them to meth, and 20k wont fix that. This article and data is in desperate need of a Analysis of variance for the different factors.
• antisthenes 2y ago
  > Money actually does buy happiness, despite what the wealthy would like you to believe. Individual happiness and being a good parent (which contributes to breaking the cycle) don't necessarily intersect as much as you think, or at least it's based on the individual. Some people's happiness is only marginally related to how well their kids are doing (as evident by rise in single-parent households), so the 20k may contribute essentially 0 to the long term solution. > You don't know he'd have a new mustang; that's just you projecting. If I don't know, then you don't know either. You're taking the other good extreme and presenting is at fact. The reality is somewhere in the middle.
  • nvy 2y ago
    It's like you didn't read anything I wrote, and then built your own straw man to argue with.
    • antisthenes 2y ago
      No, I just pointed out that your absolutist statements look ridiculous.
      • nvy 2y ago
        So just to be clear: you think "it is very likely" or "he might" are absolutist statements? Is that what you're saying?
        • antisthenes 2y ago
          No. Look at what I quoted originally.