Unnamed comments on Rationality Quotes: November 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shokwave 10 November 2010 02:26:11PM 1 point [-]

It's good to be reminded now and then that dollars are not, in fact, utilons.

The natural logarithm of dollars is a pretty good approximation of utilons, assuming you like candy-bars.

Comment author: Unnamed 11 November 2010 08:59:13PM 2 points [-]

Here's some evidence from Stevenson & Wolfers that happiness/life satisfaction is proportional to the log of income: blog post, pdf article.