Can Money Buy Happiness? Yes, According to Philosophy & Science
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- Money makes the world go round. Aside from an extreme minority, we all need money to live our lives. But there are differences in how we handle money and how we experience its value. Some get by with little, and others are perpetual squanderers. Some are perfectly content earning a modest salary supporting their frugal lifestyles; others have millions, live lavishly, and only crave more. So it seems that the amount of money you have doesn’t correlate with how happy you feel. But does that mean that money cannot buy you happiness? Not necessarily.
Video: Can Money Buy Happiness? Yes, According to Philosophy & Science
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00:00 - Intro
02:05 - Investing in the right pleasures
05:19 - The most valuable asset
09:04 - Not spending on things, but...
11:07 - Another way to purchase happiness
#money #financialfreedom #contentment
What money buys is “Freedom” to do more things…… it’s the freedom that actually gives you happiness
money is nothing but fucking evil fake and made man we don't need fucking money for anything y'all just think we need it just cuz we do because the government said so we shouldn't pay to be alive so in reality we don't jus being controlled n told wat to do b brainwashed taking advantage of every one of each soul
True, but you also trade your freedom to get said money in the first place
@@Vlad-bs1jshow can it trade your freedom?
@@no_neme1 by being employed you're trading your freedom for money
Just buy coke to snort like 90% of wealthy people do to be happy.
Having lots of money isn't a guarantee of happiness, but it sure does make life a whole lot easier. It's way better than being poor.
And it solves a lot of problems, particularly debt.
@@christianbolisca1493 Exactly. It's one less problem in my life.
The times I don't think about money, is when I experience the greatest wealth
@@rogerm3708 Oh the irony.
@@chouayang81 it is call the middle way. When you have so much that people around you become toxic. Or you chase after it so hard you hurt others. Then that is evil.
There is a saying. Gentlemen can love money as long the way to earn them is righteous and proper.
"Can money buy happiness?" is a perfect example of a yes-no question. Both scenarios are philosophically correct and deep.
it's like the question if people are inherently good or evil, they are both
@@acraze2287 not really no it’s not the same
It’s definitely a loaded question
“Can” asks is something possible, vs certain, to which the answer in this case is simply yes.
Have you seen a sad person in Mustang? 😄
I always say that it may not buy happiness, but it for sure takes a weight off of your shoulders that im sure no one can deny. The thought of waking up in the morning and not worrying about finances is such a blessing.
yes!!
Even if you’re rich your problems will be non-financial
Being in a situation where I am finally able to save lots of money as an adult for the first time not only has been rewarding and a relief but it has taught me three things about the dollar.
1. It provides comfort.
2. It provides security.
3. It allows you to pursue your hobbies, passions and individual interests in life.
Yes, it’s those who want money just to buy more and more expensive things will never have enough.
Same here. The more money I make the less material things I buy. I buy experience though (travel 9 countries this year)!
@@bekind3050 So do I, and I learn foreign languages. Money helps a lot with both.
Sounds like happiness to me 🤷♀️
So basically money bought you happiness
"The reason to win the game is so that you can be free of it."
- Naval Ravikant
If you simply don't participate, you get free too. No one is forcing us to play the game. Gandhiji gave this vision to the world. Simply non cooperate. It is both easy and hard to do so, but on personal level it is easier than playing the game I feel. I live that sort of life.
@@gamer-ff6mh how what that be? I can only think of living in the woods
Summary: Money buys happiness if one spends it right.
On point!
Even if money is spent correctly, it can not bring happiness to all people. If a person is unhappy and suffering, due to many reasons (mental disorders, disability, loss of loved ones, etc.), money will not bring him happiness even if he spends it correctly.
@purpur7187 But there are ways to spend money that can alleviate these sufferings. For example, paying for a therapist who can help you navigate life through the pain, donating to charity when you realize there are others suffering more than you, setting up a foundation in honor of a lost loved one. It's really sad, but those who don't have enough money cannot afford to do these things. There's always prayer, though, which is a powerful, powerful thing (and is free!).
@@ayeshak6822Prayers won't help me, I'm an atheist.
@purpur7187 Okay
"The things you own end up owning you."
Fight Club, 1999
@@helloalanframe I didn't know that. Thank you.
True!
The ideology of the weakling, who wants no one to own anything because he is incapable of owning anything himself.
If it can buy freedom from the daily grind,that would be what happiness looks like to me.
Idk man, I have enough money to survive without working because of my investment. I'm still quite depressed. Because what I'm looking for, is love.
"whoever said money can't buy happiness was shopping in the wrong store" - that great philosopher Jon Bon Jovi.
I always remember this quote:
"Money can't buy happiness, but it's more comfortable to cry on Lamborghini, than on bike"
@@hilman94 You still need money to buy a bike so the correct way to say it is "Money can't buy happiness, but it's more comfortable to cry on a Lamborghini or on a bike than sitting on the side of the road".
he hit on my girlfriend and she told him to get lost
Does he mean a physical store like apple or no?
Yes, for sure. It can help you move away from toxic abusive parents.
I agree.
It's also can help you move away from underdeveloped corrupted country. And buy a gaming laptop!
Spot on.
Yes
Yes it can provide happiness to a certain degree. After certain threshold it doesn't make you more happy, it just grants you more opportunities, as long as reaching this level of income doesn't consume you.
Even if it doesn't consume you, it changes you. You may not always realize it but it will have changed you.
Money does buy happiness, period. It is literally the enabler of experiences. Whatever makes you happy, most likely you need money to do it. It is that simple. Travel the world? Money. Provide for your loved ones? Money. Adventurous experiences with friends? Money. Tasting the finest delicacies? Money. Reading the finest books? Money.
The myth that money doesn't buy happiness was started so poor losers can sleep at night with the realization that they probably will never be happy. The average joe tells himself "money doesn't buy happiness!" with a smile on his face, in order that he may maintain his own delusions once more before going out to be beaten & battered by a world which overwhelms him constantly.
@@KevinJohnson-cv2no It does, to a certain extent. I make equivalent of 2000 USD/month in a developing country. And I'm happy and I can afford all I need. I lived abroad and I was making double of that, and I didn't feel any different. I felt the same. I was just doing different things. But that does not stand for happiness. You can be rich and happy and you can be rich and miserable.
@@KevinJohnson-cv2no And then you find out that even once you have the money to do anything you want, to not be beaten and battered by the world, you still have depression from a lack of porpoise in life.
Money is important for happiness as it gives us stability & allows us to become great, but the happiness experienced from fulfilling porpoise is priceless.
People who like money simply for the fact it's wealth, or they just use it to indulge in pleasures tend to be very depressed, with the latter living disastrous degenerate lifestyles.
really? so I'm 20... two years ago i was looking for this bike i was dreaming for this thing..after an year i bought i became happy for at least a month or more.. now I'm sitting in a corner with existential crisis. where did my happiness go? i don't even look at the things which once gave me joy.. so what do you say what should i buy next?
You can't buy happiness but you can certainly rent it.
There was this line in one of Hitchcock's films: "Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy off unhappiness".
The answer is both yes and no according to both science and philosophy it’s idiotic to assume that if we just have a bunch of money and buy a bunch of stuff we’ll be happy but it can also grant us happiness by allowing us to provide for others and experience different things etc
You don't need money to "provide for others". Also, there's a difference between happiness and contentment.
@@nvmffs please explain how I can provide food in the modern day without money dumbfuck and no there isn’t a difference between happiness and contentment cause if you aren’t content you’ll never be happy
@@nvmffs I just wish everyone would realize this so we could all be homeless and eating out of dumpsters with a smile instead of shame
@@lonewanderer_n7 this but unironically
Experiences are things you buy (at least, any quality experience will require some degree of financial enablement), thus money still does buy happiness.
As per my experience, both too much money and too little money can lead to unhappiness. Money in Moderation is the key to happiness!
"They say money don't buy happiness but... it'll pay for the search. And ultimately what you find out is that ain't none of us really free." - Prince
What does that mean? We don't have free will?
what does that even mean
Happiness is when you have enough for yourself and you can provide for your family, and you still doing your things like working, learning and improve your health and mind enjoying the the world and helping others happiness is a state of mind you can never find it you have to feel it and live it to see it.
Problem is..... How much is enough?
Does anyone have a definition?
Maybe, the one who knows IT and can define 'how much is enough' knows where to draw the line and where to stop and what to let go...,. And IS HAPPY!
Money can solve pretty much any problem.
Less problems, more happiness!!
But also: Zero struggle - zero sense of accomplishment or meaning. So I guess it might be about choosing your own struggle.
That's the dumbest thing I heard in a while.
Having more quarters allows you to play more games. It's important that we play the right ones. 💜
We all know exactly how much money we have but don’t know how much time we have
And you trade time for money too.
In this world? Yes. Absolutely. Money buys happiness, because it gives you choices. Happiness is being able to choose. Money is free will.
Money doesn't really exist, so obviously it can't buy you happiness. The human construct of money however gives people free time, lack of pain (health), shelter from the elements and food- THOSE things are obviously vital for happiness. It's really not complicated.
My very wise granpa always says "I rather be rich and in good health than poor and sickly"
Profound
Happiness is a chemical the body releases and will activate either when we make it happen ourselves or when we do things we believe are Important
yes our brain releases dopamine and serotonin and we feel euphoria/happiness, these chemicals are limited so for example a rich person buying his 10th super car is releasing the same amount of dopamine/serotonin as an avg person going to enjoy some sushi. so u tell me is it worth sacrificing alot of time for technically nothing.
I love this episode. It covers ancient wisdom with modern research. Great work!
Me too. Really well done ✅👍👍👍🙏
A professor in one of my classes asked why we chose to pick a difficult major. The guy next me said, "I'm not here because of the money. I'm here because of the things money can get me." Not sure if he copied that from somewhere, but the way he said it made me realize I was in the class for the wrong reason.
What was the class, and major?
Ok but that’s basically the same thing being said in just a longer way lol no one is literally wanting to be rich for just the sake of being rich…
@@lonewanderer_n7 You'd be surprised
I'm pretty happy not being homeless anymore and not having to choose either to have my disease treated or going hungry.
That's a good place to be. However, one would hope that both of these needs would be covered in any civilized country anyway for everyone.
Whoever said money can’t buy happiness has never had to pay for their own groceries.
The problem with happiness is that it isn't constant, it comes and goes, like the rising and falling of the tides. Like a pendulum, it cannot swing in one direction forever. The pendulum will always seek balance, equilibrium, between happiness and it's opposite. Find your peace and contentment in the balance, in the stillness.
According to my financial adviser Maurice Ed Zander", now is the best time to trade or invest, buying BTC and ALTS and most stocks with a DCA strategy. I just can't imagine what my portfolio would look like in the next leg up, but have already got 2x my $30k thousand dollars am fine and out. L
I'm making a whole lot of profit off trading stock. at the same time, I'd like to invest in forex and Bitcoin as heard its really happening now.
@@janejoy5483 Bitcoin has been the most profitable investment online, if only you could trade with professional broker that will work you through the process needed.
As a beginner who don't understand how Bitcoin trade works and you want to make profit from it, I'll advise you to first start working with a professional broker
how do I get a professional broker to trade for me, I have been trading on my own and blowing up my account?
most people today have been having a lot of failure in Forex and crypto sector because of poor orientation.
Money doesn't make you happy until you spend it. Lots of money in the bank mean nothing until it is used.
In the book The Millionaire Next Door they highlight an example of how employees with a lack of money is bad for the quality of work they do, as they are distracted by their financial situation. In other words, having your finances in order makes you a more sought after employee, partner, or investor.
I just listened to a podcast with a data scientist, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, and according to data, things that make us happy are the usual things like sex, exercise, and nature (particularly near a body of water, with a beautiful scenery). And I believe they don't have to be expensive.
This is exactly how i fell about this topic.finantial freedom would be heaven for me. Doesnt mean being multi Millionaire but reaching a nice lifestyle+ no big money stress over 20 euros you spent or something like that
those living in poverty and having enough money to rise out of poverty will have happiness. as has been stated, it's the experiences and how we spend that can provide happiness but happiness is only a temporary emotion to begin with. Contentment is the aim folks should aim for in my opinion.
Their happiness doesn't come from the money itself, but from surpassing their struggles. I can bet you that a poor man who won the lottery is not even remotely as happy/satisfied as a poor man who managed to dig himself out of the gutter.
"Those that think money doesn't buy happiness, don't know where to shop"
Elizabeth Taylor
Amen 😂
Money brings me happiness personally
No, money can't buy you happiness but it can take the edge off of misery.
It can
Money is not evil, its simply a tool
The unrelenting pursuit of money without purpose is a compulsion that opens the door to evilness
So accurate. 😮
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a lot of things to make you happy. Without money, you will suffer.
Happiness is free because it comes from within
The last statement is only partly correct. Life as a whole is suffering
@@turolretar and suffering isn’t inherently bad
Money doesn't buy you happiness you say it don't but it buys you things that make you happy Is a contradiction. If it don't buy you happiness than your broke
Money buys you free will
You’ve outdone yourself. These are getting better each time. Thank you.
It’s glorious to be rich!
Money, real money, is a store of value. Value comes from production. Being morally productive is conducive to happiness.
Differentiating between natural and vain desires. One can be met, whilst the other cannot. That's such great insight.
Great video! Thank you for posting this fantastic content. I have often contemplated whether money can buy happiness and the answer I have so far come to is, yes it can. The problem lies in the semantics of the word happiness. I believe we confuse happiness and joy. Happiness is brief and fleeting whereas joy is an inner peace that lasts. Money can buy many experiences and possessions that can bring much happiness but it cannot buy inner peace and joy. This comes from elsewhere, a place where money is not the currency or has the power to provide. Joy and peace are on a deeper spiritual level beyond happiness which is more concerned with fleeting emotions, thoughts and physical feeling and experience. So yes, money can buy happiness if it is spent well, but if you desire true inner peace and joy then you need to be looking elsewhere to find it.
Money can also buy the time and energy needed to cultivate inner peace and discover joy within. It can’t buy those things, but if one is working 60+ hours a week just to stay alive they don’t have the time necessary to cultivate the inner landscape.
My mother once told me that the more things one has , the more one has to maintain. This i understand as having to watch over them because if you don’t sometimes other people or circumstances will find a way to make you part with them. This causes anxiety. The best I can expect of having enough money is that it may give enough independence to help myself or others in times of need or emergencies. As a worker I strived to save enough money to keep up my expenses for about six months, that way I had the independence to quit a job that was making me unhappy, and six months were in my mind enough time to invent another strategy of survival. True money does make one happy if it is used wisely,
This was a great watch! Much of what was discussed resonated with my own personal struggles with finding my happiness.
You don't seek for happiness, you experience it. It's like a butterfly that sits on your shoulder.
Nothing can ''buy'' happiness, and you can't stay ''happy'' forever, being happy is a short rewarding feeling for doing something that matters to you or someone else. Being content with the way things are is definitely something money can buy, I couldn't be content with being broke and homeless. Money also buys you things that people percieve as a precursor to happiness, such as houses, cars, clothes, women, these are all fine things but again, happiness is a temporary state, and more often than not when those same rich people realize this you get the classic ''rich but unhappy'' trope.
Once again tho, it's better to have money than not, and I'd take being rich over poor 24/7/365 , as would any sane person in the world.
Im with Arthur Schopenhauer on this one.
Besides: Videos by Einzelgänger is what makes me happy😃❤️
being able to live within your means , is a way to be happy ,,
Money buys the basics we need to live a good and fulfilling life. That people can't hardly afford these basics even though they trade the majority of their time and energy is unsustainable particularly in a consumerist economy.
you got it man that's exactly the problem. one has no happiness OR freedom if they are forced to give up their time and energy for less compensation than can buy back their time ad more. people who do the actual work are getting robbed daily by the capitalist who exploits the worker and extracts the value they produce.
In short, money is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for happiness.
Well, having money has allowed me to take the time to watch your videos, and that makes me happy-so, I’d say money does buy happiness. Cheers!
money buys abundance, not happiness. abundance makes people happy because there is lack of want.
Personally If I/we ever get rich, I would fulfill my desires in improving in Dancing, Music, Health, Fitness, etc. by buying the things that I would need to use these for. And also this would buy me many time to focus on those things and also focus on developing myself and also improving my relationship with others.
Nope, I just won the lottery this week, Sep 1 to be exact.
So far it is so good to have all the money, I bought my dream home and gaming set so yeah, cheers!
Health is wealth!
i’m a broke college student without a job right now… it’s really humbling, it makes me focus on what i do have more than what i don’t, and makes me feel more appreciative when i do get something nice
There is enough money in the world for everyone's need but not for everyone's greed.
How can having a home and comfort not be happiness?! And how can a person get those thing WITHOUT money?! Money DOES indeed buy happiness!!
Cars can offer unique driving experiences so I still count cars as being more than a material object
Money doesn't make me happy it is just there to keep me alive
The answer is yes. 1 million dollars is nothing to a person like Elon Musk or Bill Gates, but to a person in poverty it can change their lives forever.
Not money but the “love” of money. And when people don’t have enough money, it incentivizes them to do bad shih. Good points in the Vid. Thank you!
Thank you for producing these videos. Terrific for thinking in a more philosophical sense whether we agree or not. Thanks bud.
I can truthfully and correctly say that my life has been terrible because of lack of money. And it is made worse from the realization that hard work is mostly a road to poverty and nowhere.
100% facts,i agree 😉😉😉
Money can buy one freedom. But only if one is content and not desire for more.
bedankt voor alle vids , ik haal er veel levenswijsheid uit en het geeft me een richting in het leven en hoe ik er mee om wil gaan
I can't pay my rent: unhappy. I can pay my rent: happy.
I love this example.
It drives me crazy to think it took me until the age of 41 to understand everything you stated in just a few quick minutes... I stopped working for money on 10/12/19. I've never been happier then I am now that I'm truly free!!!!
How you pay your taxes?
How do you pay your bills?
Taxes is on earnings. If you own the things that make life easier then less taxes. Same with bills. While both are inevitable they can be greatly reduced
Wdym
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Money can buy anything, thats how the economic systems we adhere to work. The only variable is the cost, without money there is no buying. Money is literally the reason we can buy.
Gold content. Spending my time in your videos it's time we'll spend. Thank you.
There is a theory in managing people that paying them more does not make them happy, but paying them less than they think they should be paid (or need to be paid to live) will definitely make them unhappy. They call it a "hygiene factor", meaning you have to maintain a certain level of income to not be unhappy, but that more income doesn't make you happy. I have always found this concept useful. Our wants expand to meet our income, so if your goal is freedom, the wise path is to limit your wants.
Thank you for creating such good philosophical video! It answers questions in my deep own mind very well.
Spend a lot of time watching this sort of content on here and this was one of the most profound things I’ve seen in some time. Thank you for this gift!🙏🏽
What money can do for us makes us happy I agree 👍
Yes. Money buys happiness can't be unconditional as this video very clearly illustrates.
This is refreshing as it is not preachy. Thank you for doing the research.
I've come to the same conclusion recently. Like to know how to spend money and to know what one really needs. And at the same time, knowing that there are policies and lots of advertisements, who «hook up» with a false need to buy their goods. Also, some people, when experiencing feelings of inferiority, tend to buy things to calm themselves. It can be a temporal feeling of unease or constant feeling of anxiety, hence consuming and the afterward rejoicement.
As always, a great video with some great quotes.
The process of making money makes me happy. The money itself, not so much, especially since I have no time to spend it.
The ability to do what you want, when you want, with who you want, for as long as you want, is priceless. It is the highest dividend money pays.
Extremely hearty thank you for sharing this information with us...❤️😊
Money can buy you whatever you want. Just don’t buy misery.
experiences makes you happier cz you’re not doing it everyday like driving your car.
if you travel every week you won’t enjoy it as much and you’ll start to normalize the feeling about it.
'He is the richest Who's content with the least,for content whole nature is wealth ! - Socrates
Excellent content as always... keep up the good work.👍
Money is not the root of all evil , The uncontrollable lust for money is root of all evil.
-miyamoto mushashi
It makes life easier, simple as that.
Great content. Thanks for sharing!
Buying something is giving us "an experience", or if we choose to see what it's giving us.
1. An expensive car - someone would buy it for status and envy, yet if that person see on where it can take you and the freedom it gives you would be the better way.
2. A pricey Rolex - Again it's purchased because you have the means to for status, yet if you see it as a symbol to use your time wisely and value the time you have is key.
3. I just bought an cheaper pair of wireless earbuds, last night. I don't see it as a frugal or worthless venture. It's something that I will use everyday, and give a lot of value to listening to music I enjoy.
The things we accumulate are like words, they only hold the value in which we give them.
Thank you for making this. I've been trying to put this hypothesis into words.
Thank you for this.😀
Thanks for another great video. I have found that it's true that leisure time to write, experiences and travel give me greater happiness and joy than expensive possessions. As for giving, I'm a generous person and it does bring me joy to give, but I've found that there are a lot of takers in this world and giving for the sake of winning over friends or maintaining friendships is a path to unhappiness and being taken advantage of. Now, I give when I feel inspired to and that keeps away the parasites. :)
Thank you, I will save this on favorites if I need to remember in the future
I love your doing, it always gets wind in my sails when I get stuck ❤️ thanks
This is absoluetly useful and motivational also. Just give a big Thanks for this great video🙂.