Experiences vs. Things, or Why the Emotional Rewards of Pro-Social Spending Outshine Those of Self-Interest
Submitted by Steve on January 20, 2013
From Maria Popova at Brain Pickings:
“Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants,” Ben Franklin is often (perhaps mis-)quoted as having proclaimed. In asking what you would do if money were no object, Alan Watts echoed Franklin as he advocated for liberating creative purpose from money-work. But what does science say? Count on AsapSCIENCE to illustrate the answer: