@MasterTimBlais @prerationalist I am interested in speculation as to which actual goods & services that would lead to happiness- like, if you'd spend it on paying salaries it's gotta be more specific than "solve the problem for me"
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Reply · Sep 6, 2022@proetrie Hard disagree, money is just optionality you need to spend it to gain utilityReply · Sep 19, 2022@mcorliss @ask_ourself @QuetzalThoughts Yes! I have a hard time explaining this properly to ppl but it’s like, the dollars themselves aren’t goods &…Reply · Oct 31, 2021@kristineCreates @robinhanson This report supports my position - they're measuring "happiness" via metrics that correlate to freedom to consume goods…Quote tweet · Nov 23, 2024this- it can be clarifying to think abt the economy in terms of physical real goods n services rather than just dollar values…