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by refurb 2895 days ago
I don’t think that would help at all. What’s the study that was done on people that won the lottery vs. ended up paralyzed?

After 6 months they had the same level of happiness.

Humans are great at growing accustom to their circumstances and then wanting more. It would help for a little while, but then everyone goes back to how they were before.