Anyone who told you that life doesn't get easier was either lying to you or living life in the least fun way possible. Either way they forgot that we all die in the end.

I hate money. It's a stupid game... and my generation particularly gets a bad gig. Here's how a college-educated millennial with a corporate job is going to live:

Someone told me once that people buy things based on two things, and two things only. Pain or pleasure.

Wow. Profound!

But is it true? Are we really that simple? Can an entire world's economy really be tied up in a nice little bow like that? Well, let's think of some examples.