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Re:What Dreams May Come by gwern on Thursday March 13, 2014 @02:53PM (#7393966)
Seems like a reasonable summary of positive psychology to me: experiences and people, not things.
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Re:What Dreams May Come by look_lookatme on Friday March 14, 2014 @12:14AM (#7396956)
A van and a house purchased under the expectation that you aren't going to die at 35 doesn't seem like negative excess.

I don't know what branch of psychology castigating people that have more than you falls under, though.

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Re:What Dreams May Come by aestra on Friday March 14, 2014 @10:44AM (#7399022)
When one runs into financial problems one cuts back first rather than keeping their lifestyle up.

My point was he's putting material objects before time with his family.

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