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Ask HN: What consumer products make you happier?

3 pointsby danfangover 5 years ago
Hey there HN,<p>For the past few years, I&#x27;ve been thinking about products that improve our mental well being, and our overall happiness.<p>It seems like many of the popular products we use every day actively make us unhappy - e.g. Facebook, Instagram. Others products like Amazon and Uber make our lives more convenient, but not necessarily much happier.<p>What products out there make you happy and fulfilled?

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JohnFenover 5 years ago
I don&#x27;t think there are any products that make me <i>fulfilled</i>. Some make me happy in the short term -- but which ones depends on the context in the moment. The products that increase my short-term happiness are the ones that are solving a problem that is irritating me in the now.<p>If we&#x27;re talking long-term happiness, I guess the closest I can come to is my bicycle, because it keeps me in reasonably good physical shape and being in reasonably good physical shape does increase my overall happiness.