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Can self reported data be relied upon? People only know the life they know and don’t necessarily know it could be better. I often find the Scandinavian ratings
by throwawaysea 5y ago
Can self reported data be relied upon? People only know the life they know and don’t necessarily know it could be better. I often find the Scandinavian ratings on these questions to be suspicious. Personally I found life in those countries to be boring and soulless. Everything was fine but it lacked spirit or something - I’m not sure what the right words are. Since then I’ve viewed their high responses with skepticism as I think the majority of Americans would not find life there to be some amazing utopia.
- Tijdreiziger 5y agoDoes that matter? The point is to measure how happy people are, not how happy others would be in their shoes.
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- redisman 5y agoI mean it’s all subjective. I’m not too surprised if people in the aggregate are happier living in homogeneous, safe and more equal societies. The US is exciting but the median person is not living a great life here and the bottom 20 percentile is living in serious poverty on a western scale