150 years ago, Schopenhauer warned that while having enough for the 'necessaries of life' is crucial, filling the void with ever-more wealth and productivity is a silly way to spend existence, and a surefire way to unhappiness.
"Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture," Schopenhauer writes in his 1851 essay, The Wisdom of Life, "though it is quite certain that what a man ~is~ contributes much more to his happiness than what he ~has~... 🧵
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