People take longer commutes for more money.
Even though longer commute = more unhappy. One of the tightest links in the data.
Extra 45 minutes each way. That’s 90 minutes a day. Gone. Not with the kids. Not with the partner. Not with the friends. The exact stuff the bigger paycheck was supposed to buy.
We optimize for what shows up on Instagram. Salary. Title. Car. You can’t post inner peace. So it loses.
The trade looks clean on paper. It’s not.
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