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#651 - Dr Mike Israetel - Can Money Actually Buy You Happiness?

Modern Wisdom

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The Relationship Between Happiness and Financial Security

Sally Kohn: I know that you have a thesis that all of this is wildly undervalued and being in the present moment is wildly overvalued. We give up time to make money so that we can finally have more time when we have enough money, she says. If making valuable things to provide to other people means they get happier because they voluntarily pay for your stuff,. For example, Mark Zuckerberg made Facebook and Facebook made me way happier than without Facebook. It's called me back to myself on my own podcast, like some sort of human centipede of people. Here's where you lied to people. By implication, of course, let's see,  I click on

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