The 10% that does not respond well even to large doses of money is mostly health and old age related. So my rule is: try to stay in the top half by income, preferably much higher, and try to age healthy.
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If you doubt this thread just think about a couple of people one rung better off than you, but otherwise similar in lifestyle/family situation as you. Examine what they spend their extra discretionary income on: to remove some marginal misery, or add some marginal pleasure?
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Apparently I wrote up a version of this argument back in 2012 and forgot. I’m so in reruns/reboot mode
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Keep this up and I'll have to report you to the International Guild of Epigrammarians.
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We just get good at pretending to be sane enough to stabilize the $ flows needed to keep misery at bay and protect a small clear space for better things. Sanity is overrated.