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<p>Jonah Lehrer <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/07/happiness-and-money-2/">reflects</a> on a new study over at <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/frontal-cortex">his new blog</a>:</p>
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<p>The Liege psychologists propose that, because money allows us to enjoy the best things in life – we can stay at expensive hotels and eat exquisite sushi and buy the nicest gadgets – we actually decrease our ability to enjoy the mundane joys of everyday life. </p>
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<div style="border: medium none; overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">But the more I have stayed in expensive hotels, the more I long for my own bed. And the fancier food I eat, the more I yearn for a burger and fries. And nothing beats Nabisco Ginger Snaps. Or Skittles. </div>
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