Benjamin Wallace: Does happiness have a price tag?
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http://www.ted.com Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world's most expensive products, including a bottle of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, 8 ounces of Kobe beef and the fabled (notorious) Kopi Luwak coffee. His critique may surprise you.
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@tgirlgo this withdrawl is weird. i shoudl eat something.oh uh yea pizza yay. kill you by eminem is an awsome song.
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of course happiness can be bought, cocain makes you happy and you can buy cocain ;)
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god damn it i thought happiness can be bought for 1200 $. damnnn
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The info on that olive oil is bullshit!
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In short...keep it real people. Objects only have perceived value.
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"one of the most enthustiastic wang buffs of the 18'th century"
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lol
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Ted sucks
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i sometimes feel like i'm a little to high maintenance yet i love hamburgers and fries, pizza!
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When we let go of our insecurities and false notions about material gains, as well as our addiction to consuming, we as humans could experience a much more natural, not artificial, happiness. It takes a certain elitist mindset to actually enjoy this type of extravagence and plundering.
Although advocated politically and socially, this type of consumption is humanly immoral while 35000 children per day starve to death all over the world.
Thought-provoking....
blaziermissy 3 years ago 12
There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not everyone's greed. No more needs to be said. And stop insulting each other when you make your point - like it makes your arguments better???
MIXOLYDIAN123 2 years ago 5