Early at the University of Miami, friends and I discussed what kinds of things we would do for money. Naturally, the discussion iterated on both sides of this. On one side, we discussed the nature of what we’d need to do; on the other, we contemplated the amount of money we’d receive. At the time, I asserted that no amount of money would lead me to compromise on certain principles. One friend responded, “Of course, there’s a dollar figure. A buck’s a buck.”
Naturally, movies like Indecent Proposal lead us to contemplate these very limits of what we’d do and for how much. However, money by itself is simply an arrangement of digits in an account. It simply enables us to get a class of products (fancy car) or services (tropical vacation) we may get. Alternatively, it’s a means to dissipate certain worries (broken car or leaky roof). Having more money generally means more access, fewer worries, and a better life.
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