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I think it’s more complicated as a 40h/week could be around ~40% of your time during the working years of your life. Making sure working doesn’t make you unhappy for the rest of the week is a huge deal.

Similarly, having more money hits serious diminishing returns. Watching a 500$ TV vs a 5,000$ TV doesn’t actually change much in the moment. Jump all the way to a 500,000$ home IMAX and watching a terrible movie still sucks.




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