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I dunno, I think they're playing with meanings here. We use the word "happiness" to describe two very different things: 1) an emotion of well-being (which is always temporary) and 2) a general sense of fulfillment or satisfaction with one's life (which could be quite stable).

So yeah, money used in the way shown here can buy the 1st meaning of happiness but I don't think it's necessary for the 2nd (although it might help). For instance, Victor Frankl was able to find the 2nd meaning of happiness even while suffering at the hands of Nazi's in a concentration camp--he found things like the love for his wife, his work as a doctor, his camaraderie with his fellow prisoners meaningful enough to overcome the dark circumstances which he was surrounded by.

Ultimately I think it is we who are responsible for transcending our circumstances and environments (whether those be affluent or otherwise ) and creating our own happiness. But I do think the video does show us one way we can start down that path (i.e. by thinking of others and not just ourselves).

I'm pretty sure that his $75,000 statistic refers to happiness type 2. Not having enough income to live comfortably, save and have fun without worrying about the cost adds stress to your life. When all that is taken care of, life is easier.

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yeah I always figured that if I won the lottery, my life would actually be sadder because it would be so much harder to figure out if my friends were genuinely my friends or they just wanted to mooch off the cash. same thing when it comes to finding a significant other.

our entire society is built around the idea that we don't have enough resources to go around for everyone to live comfortable lives and wanting for nothing. so we create a system by which attributes and skills that think are desirable are rewarded with more resources than those who don't.

which is fine, It was necessary for the time, but as our technology improves, we're going to have re-think many things. We're already at the point where the ability to clothe and feed everyone is rather mundane, in fact we have an obesity problem.

problem is, change is hard, people have a hard time letting go and adopting new ideas. People have become extremely wealthy off of the status quo so in their view, we should never change.

society as a whole is probably going to go through a major upheaval when we solve our energy problems and energy is cheap and renewable, but that is precisely why some people are going to not want it to happen.