Ouch. This hits close to home as I feel exactly in that "rat race" you mentioned. And I was thinking about this very topic few weeks back after rewatching "int

Ouch. This hits close to home as I feel exactly in that "rat race" you mentioned. And I was thinking about this very topic few weeks back after rewatching "into the wild". Before stopping thinking about this I "converged" on an overall happiness score combined with a sustainability index. In this context sustainability is in a wider sense like: are the policies of a government sustainable long term? This is to avoid a government game the system by borrowing a bunch to improve citizens happiness short term to stay in power longer.