"Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a ski-doo. You ever seen someone frownin' on a ski-doo before?" Jokes aside, I feel like clarification is needed her

"Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a ski-doo. You ever seen someone frownin' on a ski-doo before?" Jokes aside, I feel like clarification is needed here. The idea that money doesn't buy happiness comes from a few things. 1. You're most happy when helping others and building community. This is proven time and time again through studies [1]. You cannot purchase friends or accomplishments. 2. Simply having a pile of cash doesn't make you happy. In fact, it doesn't really even make you happy when you buy things. You might get a hit of dopamine, but how would a fast car or big house make you happy? Certainly having access to SOME vehicle and SOME house would alleviate a ton of stress, but that's not the same as gaining happiness. 3. People need to recognize the differences here - a dopamine hit quickly fades. You will stop being "happy" because the novelty of having your toy wears off. The novelty of having friends never wears off, and you don't need to keep acquiring new friends to maintain happiness. I have no idea where all this "new wisdom" is coming from, but it's really bad, pretty much every time I see it. edit: I should note that I can't read the article because it's paywalled. Maybe there's some mind-blowing revelation inside, but I doubt it. [1] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-020-00242-8 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-020-00242-8