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Re:A man who destroyed his multimillion dollar company in 10... by digitaltrees on Thursday August 29, 2019 @02:10AM (#20827086)
That’s not consistent with the empirical evidence in sociology research. Reported happiness does drastically change between $20k in the US and $80k specifically.

And in fact it isn’t specifically a choice. Sure you can make choices that, over a long term, will boost your income but it’s rarely a choice.

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Re:A man who destroyed his multimillion dollar company in 10... by asdfman123 on Thursday August 29, 2019 @07:37AM (#20828559)
It doesn't change "drastically," only by a point or so. Knowing the way studies like this typically work, it could also be that if you are smart with your money (e.g. frugal and not chronically short on cash), you're just as happy as making someone more. I'm sure many of the 6's were in the "I'm doing okay, but man my life would be better if I weren't so broke right now" camp.

https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/13954

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