"Everyone who says 'money doesn't buy happiness' really understands what they're talking about", Elon Musk wrote on the social network X/4/2. The article accompanied the sad emotional symbol, which currently attracted nearly 87 million views.
Elon Musk attended an investment forum in Washington during November 2025. Image: AP
Below Musk's post, the user's response is quite diverse, from empathy to ridicule. He has been advised to seek relief in religion or voluntary activity.
Many studies indicate that money brings happiness, but only to a certain degree. David Bartram - Deputy professor of sociology at the University of Jacksonville said on Business Insiditation that although these two are related, "the feeling of happiness will decrease".
"When you've got a few million dollars, you're even richer is not much happier," he said.
With the super-rich world, "the happiest perhaps is when they feel they've done something useful to the world, and treated the people around them with care, kindness. This is actually not too high," Bartram said.
Elon Musk is a man of ambition, from space, energy to artificial intelligence. He set the goal of putting humans on Mars through SpaceX, at the same time pushing the transition to electric cars and clean energy with Tesla.
Recently, Musk invested heavily in artificial intelligence, through startup xAI. He also operates Neuralink - developing brain chips technology to connect the human brain directly to the computer; The Boring Company - tunneling underground to reduce urban jams and Starlink - providing global satellite Internet, especially in restricted telecommunications areas.