FiftyTwo comments on Irrationality Game II - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 18 July 2012 01:11:40PM 9 points [-]

Irrationality game

Money does buy happiness. In general the rich and powerful are in fact ridiculously happy to an extent we can't imagine. The hedonic treadmill and similar theories are just a product of motivated cognition, and the wealthy and powerful have no incentive to tell us otherwise. 30%