HACKER Q&A
📣 danfang

What consumer products make you happier?


Hey there HN,

For the past few years, I've been thinking about products that improve our mental well being, and our overall happiness.

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.

What products out there make you happy and fulfilled?

  👤 JohnFen Accepted Answer ✓
I don't think there are any products that make me fulfilled. 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.

If we'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.