Name: 班傑明‧華勒斯 (Benjamin Wallace) 談快樂的價值
Uploaded: 2008-12-17T01:00:00Z
Duration: 14 min 18 s
Description: 快樂能不能用買的？為了得到答案，作家班傑明‧華勒斯親身體驗了世界最貴的幾項產品，包括 1947 年的白馬堡美酒、 8 盎斯神戶牛肉以及傳說中 (臭名遠佈) 的麝香咖啡。他的評論可能出乎您的意料。

快樂能不能用買的？為了得到答案，作家班傑明‧華勒斯親身體驗了世界最貴的幾項產品，包括 1947 年的白馬堡美酒、 8 盎斯神戶牛肉以及傳說中 (臭名遠佈) 的麝香咖啡。他的評論可能出乎您的意料。

班傑明‧華勒斯 (Benjamin Wallace) 談快樂的價值

Chasing the world's most expensive products, from a $160 Kobe beef steak to a $105,000 bottle of wine, often leads to disappointment. Even blind taste tests put fancy olive oil below the humble store brand, and extravagant hotel suites or designer jeans rarely deliver unique joy. A study found people enjoyed the same wine more when told it was pricier, revealing that expectation shapes pleasure as much as reality. The pursuit of luxury, it seems, is driven more by belief and status than by real, lasting happiness.