Yeah I agree, if I was a billionaire I’d be spending a lot of money on things that don’t just benefit myself, and I’d hope that’d make me happy at least a little bit. I think the not having happiness part comes from the hoarding part of it.

Except he doesn’t have a trillion dollars. He’s got assets he can borrow against that he claims are worth that much and people believe him.

There have been studies done that suggested money can buy happiness but only to a certain extent. I think the cap was somewhere north of the upper middle class. Enough money where you didn't ever really have to worry about bills or ever going broke, while also being able to travel and vacation several times a year.

Past that point increasing the amount of money didn't increase the overall happiness of the person.

Science says the money turns you into that, as well as them being more likely to get the money in the first place.

It literally destroys your brain. The alienation from real life, from friction, from thinking.

Money doesn’t buy happiness, at least not in a healthy long-term way. What it does do however is eliminate sources of unhappiness.