Mental wellbeing and human nature: Dr. Bill von Hippel talks succeeding in the modern world
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Is There Any Way That Wealth Makes Us Happier?
As the world has gotten a lot better, we've gotten happier, but we haven't got nearly as happy as you might think. The reason is that there's a mass zero sum game built into humanity, and that's the search for status. And so one of the ways that people seek status is by having stuff. But in contrast to owning stuff, doing thin actually does make you happy. It makes you happy in a long term way.
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