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<If you're an atheist, and there is no Lord, no Lord's teachings, no divine right of kings,
no Lord's Representatives Here on Earth, what is the basis of your moral code? Do you even have a moral code? Why would you?>
I think many folks gravitate towards kindness, generosity and inclusivity because these efforts give us purpose and bring happiness into our lives.
I think Mr. Buffett figured this out a long time ago.
The following study gives us a feel for how it works...
The Great $20 Experiment
In 2008 University of British Columbia (UBC) psychologist Elizabeth Dunn wanted to know if money could buy happiness.
She gave a group of UBC students $20 and instructed them to spend the money on themselves. She gave another group of
students the same amount of money and told them to spend it on others, in what Dunn calls 'pro-social spending.'
The next morning, subjects were asked how happy they felt. Those who spent the money on others were overwhelmingly happier.
(A correlation study was conducted with people spending their own money and the results were congruent.)
'If you use your money to promote social goals,' Dunn explains, 'it can make you happier.' Dunn also found
that the amount of money, is inconsequential.
The really mind-boggling results came when participants were invited to predict the outcome of the survey.
People thought that spending money on themselves would make them happier when, in fact, spending money on others is what makes them happier.
