The Minutes of David Friedberg on happiness https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/happiness/ Everything David Friedberg has said on happiness: 3 verbatim quotes between September 2020 and December 2025, each with a timestamp and a link to the… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:45 +0000 Friedberg cites research showing happiness plateaus at $60k income but correlates with year-over-year income c https://minutesof.com/q/b710419e-9732-4ed3-b25e-eebf6cbc3c6e/ https://minutesof.com/q/b710419e-9732-4ed3-b25e-eebf6cbc3c6e/ “at the time, it improved up to $60,000 of income a year Right. Then it flatlined beyond And then the the the key measure of happiness was income change year over year.” — Network State Podcast Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:30:07 +0000 happiness Friedberg explains happiness research showing year-over-year income change matters more than absolute wealth f https://minutesof.com/q/f32d4f07-7608-4f56-839f-655b50f7e267/ https://minutesof.com/q/f32d4f07-7608-4f56-839f-655b50f7e267/ “the key measure of happiness was income change year over year. The more your income changes from one year to the next, the happier you are.” — Network State Podcast Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:30:07 +0000 happiness Friedberg argues happiness requires relative progress not absolute income, so UBI will inevitably cause societ https://minutesof.com/q/8203460e-31ba-4579-8cd7-55bb725eec11/ https://minutesof.com/q/8203460e-31ba-4579-8cd7-55bb725eec11/ “So the notion of some sort of flatlined or even flatlined at inflation adjusted basic income level for a large number of people will inevitably result in kind of what we're trying to prevent, which is, you know, some sort of decay, societal decay.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 19 Sep 2020 04:41:45 +0000 happiness