> What if you’re not happy living a frugal/basic lifestyle? I think this is an unnecessarily deterministic view of happiness. It seems to imply that every pers

> What if you’re not happy living a frugal/basic lifestyle? I think this is an unnecessarily deterministic view of happiness. It seems to imply that every person has a set of randomly assigned, unchanging things that make them happy. If you happened to get assigned happiness from frugality, then lucky you! But if not, then I guess you'll have to find a way to get really rich to buy all the thing that make you happy, too bad. In fact, if you aren't happy living a frugal/basic lifestyle, you probably won't be happy with an extravagant, wealthy lifestyle either. Happiness comes from within.