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Rob Henderson Human Nature and The Happiness Lottery https://robkhenderson.substack.com/p/the-happiness-lottery
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Key Idea
-In terms of the effect on happiness, having a friend you see regularly is worth 100,000 -Seeing your neighbor regularly is worth $60,000 -Other research suggests that income doesn’t have a lasting increase on happiness because people usually adapt to money. In contrast, marriage, family, and health have lasting increases on happiness and are immune to hedonic adaptation.