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Better reading: "If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right", Dunn et al 2011, Journal of Consumer Psychology
That link gives me a 404.
Fixed.
Cognitive dissonance FTW. "I cannot return it, so I better enjoy it!"
I'm going to start awarding "Gwern points" to people.
No, you can't do that - only I can sign Gwern points with my private key. Unless...?!
See also.
Klevador's post is a pretty fantastic review of the literature. It's too bad he's been gone since April; I would have liked to see more from him (perhaps his experiences trying to implement recommendations?).
I actually see a connection between the two: One of the points in the article is to buy experiences rather than things, and Alicorn's post seems to be (possibly among other things) a set of ways to turn things into experiences.
I think I just rationalized my spending on computer "stuff" - the ultimate experience good.
Well, it's reasonable... if you are actually getting a better experience. If 'stuff expands to fill hard drive capacity' as the quip goes, it's just another brutal hedonic treadmill of stuff and not experiences.