RE: The difference between having money and having wealth.

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I would say wealth is more linked to your health and happiness than money.

With money you can buy things but as you point out this is all relative. It's insane that 100k can't buy a house in one country and could buy an estate in another.



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I would say wealth is more linked to your health and happiness than money.

There is definitely a certain form of wealth to be had in a full and happy life. I've written about that before as well but you do have a fair point.

While money doesn't make you happy, it does make life easier. There are enough pressures on us every day without having to worry about paying the rent of for filling the fridge.

There is huge inequality across Europe and even in Ireland. I know a lot of people that are moving back home form Dublin and selling up during the pandemic. They are selling small apartments or homes in the city and coming back to huge stand alone in the countryside in small towns and villages. For a fraction of the cost, their quality of life will be much better and they can still earn a good living for Dublin companies working from home. Before this there were very few prospects of good employment in the west of Ireland.

Technology changes this and it could be the same across Europe. Systems like hive are providing wages to people in Venezuela and other poor countries while now the have prospects from working online or creating. Web3 will hopefully signal a shift in power back to the masses rather than the minority. There will always be imbalance but there can be a better balance.

For a lot of people, having enough to provide food and shelter would be enough happiness while here we have gone too far into excess for a lot of the population and equate things to happiness.

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