Csikszentmihalyi talks about ambiguous relationships between material and subjective well-being; that despite evidence showing that a link between material wealth and happiness is tenuous at best, most people still cling to the idea that problems could be solved by money. The author gives three main reasons why material rewards do not necessarily make people happy. “The first reason is the escalation of expectations. The second reason is when resources are unevenly distributed people evaluate possessions, not in terms of what they need to live in comfort, but in comparison to those with the most. The Third reason is while being rich and famous might be rewarding, nobody has ever claimed that material rewards alone are sufficient to make …show more content…
For example, people from a few generations back might be content if they had their basic needs taken care of while today people want their needs taken care as well as the latest …show more content…
Which is not something that the author of the first article thought and could be seen as a major difference between the two articles based on personal opinion. The first article talks more about happiness from material things and mental effects of happiness while the second article talks more about how money can help people feel more content in life but not nescearliy being