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Sounds fascinating, got a source for that? Seems to dovetail with the research re: happiness and net worth not being correlated after a point.



I'm guessing GP read in in the interview with Abigail Disney

https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/abigail-disney-has-more-money...

> They did a study at the Chronicle of Philanthropy years ago where they asked people who inherited money, “What amount of money would you need to feel totally secure?” And every single one of them, no matter what they had, named a number that was roughly twice what they inherited. So that’s what you need to know about money, right? If that is your primary measure of success or value in life, then good luck with that, because it will never feel good.




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