Funny as I read this thread I have never realized that the amount of purchasing power one haves would determine happiness....
I bet there are pygmies that an inherently more happy that most of civilized culture.....pictures here and there of high class malls do nothing for me to gauge one's happiness in a foreign land that i have never experienced before.
Funny as I read this thread I have never realized that the amount of purchasing power one haves would determine happiness....
I think it does. Yeah it diminishes after a certain point, but having a nice house and a full stomach with extra money left over for self-improvement or a short vacation effects happiness.
I bet there are pygmies that an inherently more happy that most of civilized culture.....pictures here and there of high class malls do nothing for me to gauge one's happiness in a foreign land that i have never experienced before.
True, but the pygmies live in a self-contained/sufficient environment away from commercialism/modernity. When people see others with with basic luxuries they dont have is when it effects happiness in my mind.
I think it does. Yeah it diminishes after a certain point, but having a nice house and a full stomach with extra money left over for self-improvement or a short vacation effects happiness.
True, but the pygmies live in a self-contained/sufficient environment away from commercialism/modernity. When people see others with with basic luxuries they dont have is when it effects happiness in my mind.
Yeah but when you don't understand what a luxury is how could it affect your happiness?
Plus your definition of happiness is based on your experience on what happiness is...."American Dream"...which certainly cannot be applied to the world as it then implies your way of living is inherently better than anyone else's and I certainly do not believe that.....its in the eye of the beholder I guess.....
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I bet there are pygmies that an inherently more happy that most of civilized culture.....pictures here and there of high class malls do nothing for me to gauge one's happiness in a foreign land that i have never experienced before.
I think it does. Yeah it diminishes after a certain point, but having a nice house and a full stomach with extra money left over for self-improvement or a short vacation effects happiness.
True, but the pygmies live in a self-contained/sufficient environment away from commercialism/modernity. When people see others with with basic luxuries they dont have is when it effects happiness in my mind.
Yeah but when you don't understand what a luxury is how could it affect your happiness?
Plus your definition of happiness is based on your experience on what happiness is...."American Dream"...which certainly cannot be applied to the world as it then implies your way of living is inherently better than anyone else's and I certainly do not believe that.....its in the eye of the beholder I guess.....