#287 — Why Wealth Matters

Sam Harris speaks with Morgan Housel about the psychology of
money and investing. They discuss how personal history shapes
one’s view of economic risk, the implications of not
understanding the future, being rich vs being wealthy, how we
measure success, the problem of social comparison, happiness vs
life satisfaction, saving and investing, Warren Buffett and the
power of compounding, rational vs reasonable decisions, the role
of luck, optimism vs pessimism, dollar-cost averaging, and other
topics.


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