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"Look up any research on happiness." Boy we are really dialing it up to 11 in this thread.

• gwern 13y ago
  Seems like a reasonable summary of positive psychology to me: experiences and people, not things.
  • look_lookatme 13y ago
    A van and a house purchased under the expectation that you aren't going to die at 35 doesn't seem like negative excess. I don't know what branch of psychology castigating people that have more than you falls under, though.
    • aestra 13y ago
      When one runs into financial problems one cuts back first rather than keeping their lifestyle up. My point was he's putting material objects before time with his family.