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"The index combines environmental impact with human well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which, country by country, people live long and happ
by jhamburger 16y ago
"The index combines environmental impact with human well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which, country by country, people live long and happy lives."
That doesn't sound like it's measuring happiness to me.
- borism 16y agoIt is measuring the sustainability of happiness. No point in being the happiest country in the world by throwing largest feast party ever if next year half of your population dies from obesity complications or something.
- jhamburger 16y agoThat list seems to mainly just punish the biggest consumers and reward exporters. Meanwhile, if the USA (#114) decided to be responsible and stop consuming so much, a lot of people in China (#10) Vietnam (#5) Brazil (#9) and Saudi Arabia (#13) would become very unhappy very quickly.
- borism 16y agothat's absolutely correct.