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Yes, it is. Being rich means you have the freedom to do whatever you want.
by paulhauggis 14y ago
Yes, it is.
Being rich means you have the freedom to do whatever you want.
- Cushman 14y agoYou're actually hitting the hidden question: Will getting what you want make you happy? Cognitive science suggests that the answer to this is also no.
- mikepk 14y agoThe factors limiting our freedoms are not always financial constraints. I've known many people who were not rich who had a great deal of freedom to do what they wanted. Sure they couldn't buy a ferrari every week, but they were able to travel, explore, move around, do creative work and be pretty happy doing it even though they had almost no material wealth. We make choices to take on responsibilities and to follow certain paths, but it's a double-edged-sword. There's something to that quote from 'Fight Club': "The things you own end up owning you".
- shard 14y agoOne limit is the fear of some medical catastrophe in your family wiping out all your savings. This is the main freedom that being rich would give me.