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> They're not happier or healthier or longer-lived than the western world. In fact, the overall high-level trend appears to be that happiness is correlated with
by 3131s 9y ago
> They're not happier or healthier or longer-lived than the western world. In fact, the overall high-level trend appears to be that happiness is correlated with being sedentary.
Source?
- throwaway0255 9y agoThis is completely self-evident and not even controversial, but here you go: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/World_happiness.png/1200px-World_happiness.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Wo... Agrarian populations spend all their time doing hard labor to earn basic necessities like food, water and shelter. That sucks and they're less happy. People in western nations live longer and move less. The correlation is pretty obvious.
- 3131s 9y agoThat chart is not a source for your claim. Not really interested in arguing the point further.