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Craig P

Like most humans, I don't actually want to be rich. I just want to never have to worry about money.

There's a difference.

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Isaac Freeman

@Craigp When you don't want to be a slave, doesn't mean you want to be a slaveowner.
@morganm

Michael Perry

@Craigp yep. There's a song here in Cambodia my wife loves. It says we don't need riches or big houses or cars. What we need is just enough. I have more than enough with her. It just took awhile to find her.

Rob Landley

@Craigp helping other people not have to worry about money is nice too.

Dr. Quadragon ❌

@Craigp I heard of a research into how much money a person needs to live comfortably and be happy.

pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas

Turns out, there's kind of a threshold: around $75000 a year in 2021 money. I'd round up a little for inflation and say 100k.

True, it's quite high by your standards or mine.

It still isn't what we mean by "rich".

Григорий Клюшников

The problem is that for some people this threshold of "enough money" doesn't exist. It's probably a personality thing. The more money they have, the more they spend on an unnecessarily luxurious life, and they always want more money.

WearyBonnie

@grishka
I kind of feel like 'enough money' doesn't exist for me in the sense that I always would want a bit more so that I could make more improvements in my garden, or buy a block somewhere that I could re-wild, or donate more money to good causes, but hopefully that's not as bad as chasing a sense of luxury which is actively harmful to human existence 🤞🏻
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