That's an excellent point, and one that I've not really considered before. Those two common memes do indeed clash in an interesting way. And on this subject -

That's an excellent point, and one that I've not really considered before. Those two common memes do indeed clash in an interesting way. And on this subject - it's worth noting that one of the most popular books on how to be rich of recent times, "Four Hour Work Week", devotes a substantial section at the back of the book to a discussion of how to cope once you are rich - talking about depression, search for meaning, and similar things. That's pretty good evidence that being rich, in fact, does not automagically cure all problems, and that there's not a one-sentence answer to those problems remaining.