Man, this kind of stuff gets tiresome. It's cliched and devoid of useful advice. People want money for one of two things: 1) in order to spend it on enjoying

Man, this kind of stuff gets tiresome. It's cliched and devoid of useful advice. People want money for one of two things: 1) in order to spend it on enjoying life (ie enjoying the roller coaster). Most people cannot check out of their job or not worry about money and still enjoy the roller coaster. You do not get something for nothing in this world. Life is about finding a balance that suits you personally. or 2) to spend on status posturing. For 2) the problem of status posturing does not go away if you stop worrying about money. Status posturing has afflicted every commune as badly as it afflicts corporate boardrooms. If you want to right a useful essay, write it about the optimum way to fulfill the innate desire for status, without putting yourself on a status treadmill. That would be worth reading. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defense each year and, instead, spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would do many times over - Meet Mr. Kevin Myers ( http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/writing-what-i-should-have-written-so-many-years-ago-1437779.html http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/wri... ) How would one phrase this advice to Mr. Myers? What specifically would one do to solve the problem that Mr. Myers writes about?