that . I could then use this money to keep costing the disgusting rich money. In my life I've helped people create millions and I've helped people lose millions. I've enjoyed helping people create millions more, partly because the people I helped were creating good things and they valued my help. When I've cost people money, there is satisfaction because I hurt people who were creating bad things, but my work wasn't valued beyond, "Atta boys." I think that I, like a lot of, people in America are still locked in to the idea that, "First get rich. If you can't get rich then there is something wrong with you.  Being a "good man" doesn't get you much beyond an occasional warm feeling while shaving. I think of all the students who will have huge debt coming out of college. Their mandate will need to be, "First get rich." Will they have the ability to see beyond that need? I don't think I could. It's hard enough to get a job, let alone one that will make you rich. But maybe it is a fallacy that everything you want flows from being rich.   How do you prove it? How many people, after hearing the stories of how money doesn't buy lottery winners' happiness, say, "Let me try it and win the lottery and then we'll see. I'll be different. Money WILL make me happy. I can buy what I want and be happy." Should I be just as delusional (and