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Re:Ask HN: Why are we addicted to getting rich? by aianus on Thursday February 08, 2018 @07:23PM (#16336839)
Why can't you do this now? Three months of software contract work is more income than 99% of the planet earns in a year.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are we addicted to getting rich? by r0brodz on Thursday February 08, 2018 @08:25PM (#16337161)
I wish I could learn Computer Science like Neo in The Matrix. ;) I would love to have such a brain to accomplish a year salary in 3 mo
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Re:Ask HN: Why are we addicted to getting rich? by imesh on Thursday February 08, 2018 @08:25PM (#16337157)
Not saying he couldn't do it now, but 99% of the planet lives in undesirable situations.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are we addicted to getting rich? by conwy on Friday February 09, 2018 @06:05PM (#16344604)
Undesirable from our perspective perhaps, but also not quite the same, or as bad as, what we might imagine.

See this website: dollarstreet.org.

Looking at the photos of some of the poorest places, I suppose they're undesirable from my perspective now, but if I moved there and lived there long enough and adapted, I could see myself finding contentment with less.

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