In Michael Norton’s TED talk we are shown how to buy happiness. Most of us know the term “money can’t buy happiness”, but Michael says “you just aren’t spending it correctly. Michael also goes into ways that money doesn’t make us happier. Winning the lottery is one of these examples. Studies say that most people who win the lottery actually notice a decline in happiness. Their friends end up leaving them or just want to get money off of them. In fact the more money we have, the more we tend to be anti-social. Michael then goes on to talk about an experiment that was done in Vancouver at University of British Columbia. Participants were given either $5 or $20 and half were told to spend it on themselves and the other half was told to spend it
