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Money can buy happiness

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Re: Money can buy happiness

#171
I find the conclusion that there is no cap where more money won't buy you more happiness a bit funny, when there's an explicitly defined cap in the question itself. No amount of money will make you any happier when you've already reached level 10.

Re: Money can buy happiness

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post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. No debt is fairly expensive in this world. Either you need a nontrivial income or a fairly high threshold for ascetic living. 2. Full stomach/quenched thirst is trivial if you don't mind tap water and simple starches, but once you add (depending on your taste) a complement of steak, quinoa, fresh fruits, beer and/or wine - then you run into a little money. 3. Warm place to sleep - anywhere near work? public transp…

Poor countries and poor indiviudals tend to have low debt levels.

Being poor is expensive.
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