Before admonishing everybody to be serious, did you bother to even skim the article? The study didn't claim that $75k is a lot of money, or that it will pay for all the yachts and hookers and coke a man's heart could ever desire.
The study claimed that money only correlates with happiness up to around $75k. Beyond that point, the correlation between additional money and additional happiness dwindles. In other words, if the study is to be believed, your notion of "happiness inducing wealth" is entirely backwards. The true happiness-inducing wealth is that first $75k that lets you provide the basics for yourself and your family.
The money beyond that point, which affords you a fancy car or the luxury of living comfortably in SF, apparently does not make most people happier. At least, not to the same extent as that first $75k.
I think the point is, if you're not happy with $75k, there's a good chance you won't be happy with $150k, or $300k, since the source of your unhappiness is probably not money related.
The study claimed that money only correlates with happiness up to around $75k. Beyond that point, the correlation between additional money and additional happiness dwindles. In other words, if the study is to be believed, your notion of "happiness inducing wealth" is entirely backwards. The true happiness-inducing wealth is that first $75k that lets you provide the basics for yourself and your family.
The money beyond that point, which affords you a fancy car or the luxury of living comfortably in SF, apparently does not make most people happier. At least, not to the same extent as that first $75k.
I think the point is, if you're not happy with $75k, there's a good chance you won't be happy with $150k, or $300k, since the source of your unhappiness is probably not money related.