Author Topic: How to buy happiness  (Read 3127 times)

ed

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How to buy happiness
« on: April 04, 2013, 06:33:42 AM »
Very interesting researcher at Harvard has been investigating happiness and money.  No surprise to anyone here that much of what he has found flatly contradicts how the gauntlet of advertising we run everyday tells us we ought to behave.  Also, his research goes someway to answering the question of what we do when we reach FI.

Interesting talk:
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_norton_how_to_buy_happiness.html

His work:
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=326229

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Re: How to buy happiness
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2013, 08:57:43 AM »
I love TED talks.  This was an interesting one. Thanks for the post.

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Re: How to buy happiness
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2013, 10:35:21 AM »
I'd heard this before but I enjoyed relistening to it. Now I guess I ought to act on it!

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Re: How to buy happiness
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2013, 03:35:45 PM »
Man, their book doesn't come out until late next month, and it's already got 20 holds on it at the library! Well, 21 now.

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Re: How to buy happiness
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2013, 04:01:15 PM »
"Money doesn't buy happiness.” Uh, do you live in America? ‘Cause it buys a WaveRunner. Have you ever seen a sad person on a WaveRunner? Have you? Seriously, have you? Try to frown on a WaveRunner. You can’t! They’re so awesome, it’s just throttle. People smile as they hit the pier. Because you forget, you need gas to turn. It goes against your natural instincts. Some of you aren’t laughing; we all miss your cousin, but not laughing is not gonna bring him back. He’s dead for a reason. He was a show-off, and he tried to spray us. “I didn’t wanna get wet!” I yelled at his mother at the funeral."

-Daniel Tosh