What Pieter Levels thinks about happiness

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Dutch bootstrapper who builds and runs his internet startups alone — Nomads.com, Remote OK, Hoodmaps, Photo AI and Interior AI — and has written about it at levels.io since 2013. Posts as @levelsio.

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1. 28 Sept 2026, 19:27 UTC

   Our readingWealth can lead to isolation if not managed carefully

   Their wordsAlthough you have to be VERY careful not to isolate yourself, which does happen once you get rich

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