tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post7738884395386038118..comments2024-03-28T03:16:14.104-04:00Comments on Noahpinion: I care about rich people, but not about their riches.Noah Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093917601641588575noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-53186545609419319192012-03-08T14:29:20.207-05:002012-03-08T14:29:20.207-05:00Well, I don't believe much of what you have wr...Well, I don't believe much of what you have written here. Firstly, I think that reason why people in the West are not happier then people in poor Third world countries is that we are programmed by evolution to neglect our past accomplishments. So we keep looking for the next mammoth instead of sitting all day long doing nothing. Also I recall reading that happiness is not correlated with the wealth a person has as much as with serotonin hormone levels. Which are mostly hereditary.<br /><br />Also, money can buy you love. Probably not directly, but they can buy you services to make you more attractive and make you more attractive by possesing them in itself.<br /><br />Well, to conclude I think most of your blog posts are well thought out, but this one is not. Seems to me more like incoherent ramblings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-32764532571815593902012-03-03T07:02:02.315-05:002012-03-03T07:02:02.315-05:00Difficult to sympathise when a lot of these people...Difficult to sympathise when a lot of these people are partly responsible for the mess in the first place.bestbuyhttp://www.hrsaccountcombestbuy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-13941928448752721182012-03-02T18:08:53.008-05:002012-03-02T18:08:53.008-05:00As from the point of view of an immigrant Canadian...As from the point of view of an immigrant Canadian I have to say that rich people don´t deserve any compassion. Of course I´m speaking about the REALLY rich, not the ordinary middle class people. I used to work in few houses around Rosedale, which is <a href="http://jamiesarner.com/toronto-real-estate/2012/01/the-richest-neighbourhoods/" rel="nofollow">one of the richest neighbourhoods</a> in Canada. <br />They despised with money, with food and with ordinary people so badly. I felt like a complete piece of crap working for them. I know that there are many exceptions. <br />But from my point of view and from my experience, I hope they suffer more than the poor ordinary people. Because as Henry Chinaski said, poor people always suffer the most.Laura S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-49186378215312766632012-03-02T16:00:42.797-05:002012-03-02T16:00:42.797-05:00Good point. Average Americans complaining about th...Good point. Average Americans complaining about their money problems probably look just as odious to most of the world as 1%-ers complaining about their problems look to average Americans.o. natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-758235420557989762012-03-02T12:38:06.368-05:002012-03-02T12:38:06.368-05:00Empathy is always a better place to start a conver...Empathy is always a better place to start a conversation than scorn.<br /><br />I am sorry for the pain these people are feeling, but I also know that that pain is of their own making and only they can address it by shifting their perceptions ("Be the Hero" is a book targeted at such people, and I like to "accidentally" forget a copy here and there when visiting). If they hadn't isolated themselves in the first place, they would have the perspective to understand how little of their consumption is necessary for happiness.<br /><br />I can't force them to have empathy for the people around them without first forming a connection to the pain they are feeling right now. If I can do that, though, I have a chance of using this moment of crisis as a way to build a new, better, larger community of people who care about each other. If I care about them and they know it, the principle of repricrosity applies.<br /><br />Of course, to do so without lying is a challenge, but generally I manage it by reframing their original consumption. "You were really blessed there," I'll say, "I've never been to Aspen. I hear it's lovely."Megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-46694098946156180172012-03-02T10:31:25.714-05:002012-03-02T10:31:25.714-05:00"Money can't buy me love."
au contr..."Money can't buy me love."<br /><br />au contraire, mon frere. Depending on the type and amount of love you want, it's generally easily available, if not necessarily easily affordable.<br /><br />I like the idea of free hugs, although as in most things, there are hugs and hugs. Hugs from pretty young women are considerably more huggish than other sorts. On the other hand, there are some hugs that would be wiser left alone. From Dick Cheney, to think of one example off the top of my head.JohnRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-11289577624408084322012-03-02T08:09:12.533-05:002012-03-02T08:09:12.533-05:00What you need is a south-american party weekend, l...What you need is a south-american party weekend, lebensqualität mein freund!.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-78078127830380183432012-03-02T08:03:36.878-05:002012-03-02T08:03:36.878-05:00Jonathon, the first rule of Economics is that we d...Jonathon, the first rule of Economics is that we don't mention Scandinavia, because it violates our BS.<br /><br /><br />Noah, you're being dishonest here - the article (and Megan's drivel) aren't talking about people who are rich by world standards, but about people who are rich by First World standards.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-30402941403433596852012-03-02T03:43:43.386-05:002012-03-02T03:43:43.386-05:00"In fact, higher divorce rates in rich countr..."In fact, higher divorce rates in rich countries may explain a large part of the Easterlin Paradox (the finding that people in rich countries aren't much happier than people in poor countries)."<br /><br />Except that Nordic people come top of the happiness indices and have the highest divorce rates.Jonathon Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143359434070963598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-88436874953562258102012-03-02T00:07:00.061-05:002012-03-02T00:07:00.061-05:00Money can't buy me love.Money can't buy me love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-1770354090574883482012-03-01T18:14:08.244-05:002012-03-01T18:14:08.244-05:00"Money can ... get you respect"
In my e..."Money can ... get you respect"<br /><br />In my experience money can buy deference but respect is a whole other ball game.Absalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131268683451462949noreply@blogger.com