Flummig tråd om vägar i livet

[TonightIsTheNight]

Rätt trisst att alla är pengarkåta (vilket vi alla är då man tyvärr behöver pengar för överlevnad). Studier visar ju att pengar inte är lycka, och ju mer vi tjänar desto mer spenderar vi bara. Vanesak helt enkelt vart man lägger ribban.

Pengar verkar hjälpa till en viss gräns, sen planar relevansen ut:

"We know something about what controls satisfaction of the happiness self. We know that money is very important, goals are very important. We know that happiness is mainly being satisfied with people that we like, spending time with people that we like. There are other pleasures, but this is dominant. "

"Below 60,000 dollars a year, people are unhappy, and they get progressively unhappier the poorer they get. Above that, we get an absolutely flat line. I mean I've rarely seen lines so flat. Clearly, what is happening is money does not buy you experiential happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery, and we can measure that misery very, very clearly. In terms of the other self, the remembering self, you get a different story. The more money you earn, the more satisfied you are. That does not hold for emotions."

http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman...anguage=en

Jag tror väl dock att det beror mycket på vad man gör av pengarna om man är rik med.