It turns out that money doesn’t matter to you if you live in a society without money.
I would never have guessed this without a scientific study to back it up. Thankfully, one does.
Study of tribes shows happiness not tied to moneyhttps://t.co/IXBa2w5i0R
— News Scouter, Ph.D. (@akawak1) February 7, 2024
The study, as reported by UPI (it still exists?), focused on the life satisfaction of people who live in primitive tribes whose life centers around hunting, fishing, and gathering fruits and berries.
In other words, stone age tribes.
And, it turns out, that their level of happiness is utterly unlinked from how much money they have.
“Surprisingly, many populations with very low monetary incomes report very high average levels of life satisfaction, with scores similar to those in wealthy countries,” said lead researcher Eric Galbraith, a professor with McGill University in…
