Why I learned to "make things"

Re:Why I learned to "make things" by arjunnarayan on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @10:19AM (#4937831)

I think the lesson of the 21st century is that people don't want reduced work hours. They'll just work as hard as they can for even more utilons/status points/dollars.

I mean, it's not like Paul Graham ever had to work another day after he sold Viaweb. Nevertheless, you see him still working. (And he's not an outlier.)

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Re:Why I learned to "make things" by Wingman4l7 on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @05:16PM (#4939906)

That's not necessarily true. There was a study making the rounds ~2 years ago done by two Princeton researchers, indicating that once you hit ~$75,000+ a year in income, your emotional well-being doesn't significantly improve past that amount.

It follows that if you could make $75,000+ working 20 hours a week, you'd be quite happy. I know I certainly would =) (Yes, I'm sure there have been studies done on the correlation of life satisfaction and keeping busy; that's what hobbies are for! I'm sure there are plenty of happy, busy retired people.)

http://wws.princeton.edu/news/Income_Happiness/ (press release) http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1011492107 (actual study)

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