Ask HN: What's your favorite way to save money?

Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite way to save money? by onion2k on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @05:23PM (#12082371)

I read a lot of philosophy books. They taught me to think deeply about the things that make me happy, and it turns out most of the things that make me happy are essentially free (reading, coding, etc).

I doubt it'd work for everyone, and it would be tricky to turn in to a Chrome extension, but something that put a Stoic quote in to Amazon's checkout page might help people.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite way to save money? by tue4Iezi on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @05:54PM (#12082542)

Any book recommendations on this?

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite way to save money? by onion2k on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @06:17PM (#12082647)

Anything by Alain De Botton but especially "Consollations of Philosophy" and "Status Anxiety", "How To Live: Micheal De Montaigne" by Sarah Bakewell, and "Philosophy for Life" by Jules Evans. None of them are hardcore academic works; they're just really interesting introductions to how philosophy can actually be useful.

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