I had thought that richer people would compare more because if you're down towards the bottom what really matters is just getting the minimum required, but it didn't come out that way.

我曾经想富裕的人可能会比较他们的薪水多一点，因为如果你已经到了社会的底层的话，真正需要关心的应该是得到最低限度的必须品，但结果并不是这样的。

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Usability and utility are equally important: it matters little that something is easy if it's not what you want.

可用性和实用性是同样重要的：如果不是你想要的那无关紧要。

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It doesn't matter if you know their name or not, it matters that there's a link between what they say they do and what they actually do.

你知不知道他们的名字并不重要，真正重要的是在他们所说同他们所做之间要有一种联系。

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So even if the soul theory is the correct theory of personality, it's not enough to give me what matters.

所以即便灵魂理论是人格的正确理论，也不足以给我我想要的重要的东西。

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It might be that I get what matters to me even if I have, as long as I have,similar personality,even if I don't have survival.

即便只要我拥有相似的人格，不生存下去也无关紧要。

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