OrangeMan on Nostr: TL;DR: The answer is both yes and no; it varies from person to person, and its impact ...
TL;DR: The answer is both yes and no; it varies from person to person, and its impact on happiness depends on how you choose to use it.
I'll opine further on this loaded question.
Broadly speaking, money can enhance well-being by serving as a medium to access various forms of capital, experiences, commodities, technology, and abundant calories, among other (subjective) desirable things.
It streamlines the exchange of talents and resources, making it easier to communicate value and preferences among our fellow humans.
In this way, it connects our abilities and celebrates collaborative efforts.
Amazing really!
Now, to address the question more directly: whether money leads to happiness depends on conscious low time preference choices that enrich your spiritual, mental, and physical well-being; while poor, amoral, high time preference decisions lead to unhappiness or even ruin.
I acknowledge that I’m oversimplifying, as the pursuit of happiness is a complex topic.
So, dear reader, please use a bit of common sense and understand that there is no definitive answer to this deep question.
It is inherently open-ended and lacks a concrete conclusion, this is simply a thought experiment.
I'll opine further on this loaded question.
Broadly speaking, money can enhance well-being by serving as a medium to access various forms of capital, experiences, commodities, technology, and abundant calories, among other (subjective) desirable things.
It streamlines the exchange of talents and resources, making it easier to communicate value and preferences among our fellow humans.
In this way, it connects our abilities and celebrates collaborative efforts.
Amazing really!
Now, to address the question more directly: whether money leads to happiness depends on conscious low time preference choices that enrich your spiritual, mental, and physical well-being; while poor, amoral, high time preference decisions lead to unhappiness or even ruin.
I acknowledge that I’m oversimplifying, as the pursuit of happiness is a complex topic.
So, dear reader, please use a bit of common sense and understand that there is no definitive answer to this deep question.
It is inherently open-ended and lacks a concrete conclusion, this is simply a thought experiment.