Is There a Pureness to the Giving?

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We kind of were hoping there was some pureness to the giving, you know. And it turns out that humans are human. Even without the social stuff, we still feel good about giving. But the social stuff really helps. At least. We love the names on the buildings,. So it's a separate source of, i feel awsome to day. Ah, maybe this is just my own personal bias, but i'm like, if you're doing good things, and it also is because you like the feeling of people telling you’re a good person... It's better when you do bad things and people tell you you've been a good person.

Can money really buy happiness? Michael Norton is a social science researcher who studies how we feel about our spending decisions. His work explores questions like: What’s the best way to spend your cash? How much should you donate to charity? Do credit cards make us unhappy? In this episode, Michael shares the sometimes-surprising findings that can help you use our money to improve your life. Michael is a professor of business administration in the marketing unit at the Harvard Business School. Prior to joining HBS, Michael was a Fellow at the MIT Media Lab and MIT’s Sloan School of Management. His work has been published in a number of leading academic journals and has been covered in media outlets such as the Economist, the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. To learn more about "How to Be a Better Human," host Chris Duffy, or find footnotes and additional resources, please visit: go.ted.com/betterhuman