Yeah but those golden retrievers usually have food provided to them and they don’t need to worry about it.
Even golden retrievers get rather depressed when malnourished, although the way we humans have bred them means they’ll still look somewhat optimistic.
For humans the “money can’t buy happiness” limit used to be something like 50-70k, closer to 50k in Europe and 70k in the US, but that was like 15 years ago so now it’d be something closer to 70k in Europe and 100 in the US. What that means is just that you can afford decent housing, transportation, all the necessities, and have a bit left over.
Up to that point money dramatically increases happiness. After that, it doesn’t really have an effect anymore. Making a million a year doesn’t mean you’re any less happy than making a billion. But making 100k a year versus 30k a year is a massive difference.
Making a million a year doesn’t mean you’re any less happy than making a billion.
Eh, I had a boss years ago who owned a temp agency. His income from the business was about $40K per month and he lived in a beautiful beach house and drove a nice Mercedes and ate out at great restaurants every day etc. etc. No financial problems whatsoever but his friends were all west coast venture capitalists worth hundreds of millions of dollars and he absolutely seethed with resentment at how relatively poor he was.
Yeah but those golden retrievers usually have food provided to them and they don’t need to worry about it.
Even golden retrievers get rather depressed when malnourished, although the way we humans have bred them means they’ll still look somewhat optimistic.
For humans the “money can’t buy happiness” limit used to be something like 50-70k, closer to 50k in Europe and 70k in the US, but that was like 15 years ago so now it’d be something closer to 70k in Europe and 100 in the US. What that means is just that you can afford decent housing, transportation, all the necessities, and have a bit left over.
Up to that point money dramatically increases happiness. After that, it doesn’t really have an effect anymore. Making a million a year doesn’t mean you’re any less happy than making a billion. But making 100k a year versus 30k a year is a massive difference.
Eh, I had a boss years ago who owned a temp agency. His income from the business was about $40K per month and he lived in a beautiful beach house and drove a nice Mercedes and ate out at great restaurants every day etc. etc. No financial problems whatsoever but his friends were all west coast venture capitalists worth hundreds of millions of dollars and he absolutely seethed with resentment at how relatively poor he was.