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"Nationalist slur" Oh please, take a look at Spain's economy and tell me that their 2 hour siesta (it means nap in English btw) is doing anything to help their
by notliketherest 10y ago
"Nationalist slur" Oh please, take a look at Spain's economy and tell me that their 2 hour siesta (it means nap in English btw) is doing anything to help their happiness or quality of life. My point is you work hard to maintain your happiness and it's not given to you freely by some government policy.
- croon 10y agoAny links to studies suggesting Spain's economy is related to their siesta? For another irrelevant comment about productivity: Try walking into any office in China right after lunch and find any worker not asleep at their desk. And their economy is pretty booming. 1) United States is ranked 13th on the World Happiness Report, behind 12 countries all more regulated than the US. [1] 2) Americans might work hard, but they work less than both Mexico, Russia, Greece, etc. [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report [2] http://fortune.com/2015/11/11/chart-work-week-oecd/ http://fortune.com/2015/11/11/chart-work-week-oecd/
- ionised 10y agoAnd yet social mobility and wealth inequality in the US is among the worst in the developed world. Weird huh? And if you really are interested, short afternoon sleeps are positively correlated with lower stress levels and increased personal wellbeing. Life does not have to be a constant pursuit of ever-higher GDP, which is skewed towards those with large amounts of capital anyway.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoAt least in the US the base level of wealth (poor) is higher than half the countries on earth. True that the higher levels (the 120 people that own half of America) are way out of balance.