有钱能买幸福吗？（随笔）
孤山
前几天，美国股市接连达新高，引得不少网友异常亢奋，完全沉浸在幸福的海洋里。幸福指数井喷, 比那些琢磨着百年之后同葬的似乎要高出一大截。看来有钱还是真能买幸福。
美国曾经有个抽样调查，其结论是收入与对人生的满意度成正比。收入与情感指数也成正比。也就是说钱多了，人就比较高兴，对生活的满意程度也较高。但是，当家庭年收入超过7万5千后，即使有再多的钱，情感指数也不继续增加；年收入超过12万后。生活的满意程度也不再受收入主控，符合边际效应递减规律。当然，如果收入低，一旦离婚，生病和落单，痛苦感会加重。这个调查的结论就是我们平常所说的‘钱不是万能的，没有钱是万万不能的.’
寻求幸福实际上就是减少,消除不想做的事，多做自己想做的事,随心所欲。有了钱，就有了条件可以去减少或者消除不想做的事。比方说，假设有了钱，如果讨厌通勤时间长，可以买个靠近工作地方的住处；如果讨厌老板或者工作，可以炒老板，选择另一种工作，或者干脆不干；如果讨厌做家务，就请个保姆。不过，对自虐式幸福，如登山暴走，那即使有钱也枉然。不过，那也是一种幸福，毕竟是做自己喜欢做的事。
人是群体动物，喜欢社交， 与亲戚朋友在一起是大多数人很乐意做的事。所以，酒吧咖啡厅，乃至社交网站一直是欣欣向荣的。花钱在社交上是最有效地用钱买幸福的手段。投资在方便人与人之间交流的行业，如通信运行商家，社交网也算是投资常青的事业。
满足了生活基本需求后，幸福的定义每个人是不一样的。就像网友中，有的幸福来自自家三亩地种的花草庄稼，有的幸福来自养狗养猫，有的幸福来自爬山跑马拉松自虐，有的来自捣鼓后院废品，有的来自送儿女去藤校，有的来自在股市上赚钱，有的来自垂钩钓鱼，还有的来自网上与人打车轮战，—-。 总之，每个人的幸福时刻是不一样的。但是，归根到底，每时每刻的幸福多多少少取决于我们怎么处理时间和金钱。
我的幸福时刻是跑完10K，洗完澡后，独自一人在那儿静静地傻坐着，等待着身体和心跳恢复到正常。当然，这个时候如果再听到下面的歌‘We Are Young’(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FjpJuE32O）就是锦上添花了:
Give me a second I,
I need to get my story straight
My friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the Empire State
My lover she’s waiting for me just across the bar
My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking about a scar, and
I know I gave it to you months ago
I know you’re trying to forget
But between the drinks and subtle things
The holes in my apologies, you know
I’m trying hard to take it back
So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down, I’ll carry you home
Tonight, we are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
Tonight, we are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
Now I know that I’m not
All that you got, I guess that I, I just thought
Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart
But our friends are back
So let’s raise a tab
‘Cause I found someone to carry me home
Tonight, we are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
Tonight, we are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
Carry me home tonight (Na na na na na na)
Just carry me home tonight (Na na na na na na)
Carry me home tonight (Na na na na na na)
Just carry me home tonight (Na na na na na na)
The world is on my side
I have no reason to run
So will someone come and carry me home tonight
The angels never arrived
But I can hear the choir
So will someone come and carry me home
Tonight, we are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
Tonight, we are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I’ll carry you home tonight