People Think Experiences Bring Happiness, Still Opt for Things

Update: 2014-08-24

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Survey subjects rated life experiences as making them happier and as a better use of money than buying objects. But they actually spent their cash on material goods, whose value is more easily quantifiable. Erika Beras reports

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People Think Experiences Bring Happiness, Still Opt for Things

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People Think Experiences Bring Happiness, Still Opt for Things

Scientific American

People Think Experiences Bring Happiness, Still Opt for Things