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Posted by snow under Theory
Spending time with elderly people really highlights the change in demands and their price through our life. To them, time is hardly a valuable asset whereas happiness is the ultimate desireable. Money is sandwiched uncomfortably somewhere in between, pricier than time, but not quite worth as much as happiness. With them, days go by quickly and no task is more pressing than the tiny details of life.
Reflecting on my life, money is much less precious than time and happiness is an annoying necessity to keep productivity high. It would be interesting to graph these three variables over age and see how a person evolves through the span of a lifetime.
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June 6, 2009 -
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Unsaid, but I’m reading as implied:
* these elderly subjects of discussion once had differently ranked values
* your personal ranking of values may change as you age
Am I reading too much into it? These may be true, but need a bit more evidence.
I’d say that money can take (or buy) time, but ultimately money and time are nothing but possible vehicles in the pursuit of happiness.
Also, your server is either TZ=CST or missing DST, and you will be dragged out and shot…. err, invited to lunch and a movie tomorrow, I mean.
also interesting: graphing how relative importance of time, money, and happiness are affected by presence of a jia.
when a jia is near: time > money > happiness
when a jia is away: happiness > time > money
T_T