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That measurement of 'happiness' is inappropriate. Instead of simply polling people about e.g. life satisfaction it's based on a bunch of random metrics that hav
by ANewFormation 2y ago
That measurement of 'happiness' is inappropriate. Instead of simply polling people about e.g. life satisfaction it's based on a bunch of random metrics that have, at best, a mixed relationship with 'happiness.'
So for instance it turns out the 'happiest' countries in the world also have some of the highest rates of depression in the world.
Now obviously that's not literally impossible but ffs just poll people - it's not hard. Yes it will be extremely subjective, exactly like 'happiness' is!
- jampekka 2y agoSuch polling is done extensively. Norway ranks 6th, with 94.1% very happy or quite happy. Happiness vs life satisfaction correlates surprisingly little. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-people-who-say-they-are-happy?tab=table https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-people-who-say-t...