> What if you tie progress to overall happiness? You are talking about Gross National Happiness, a measure that was used in Bhutan. You can read about it more

> What if you tie progress to overall happiness? You are talking about Gross National Happiness, a measure that was used in Bhutan. You can read about it more to see the results. I, for one, do not wish to live in this "happy" country. > That's not independence, that is cooperation. Cooperation that relies on specialization is a better strategy than cooperation that relies on quantity. This is essentially argument equivalent to farmers from villages - sustaining themselves, no need outside help, vs specialists/engineers from cities, who need everything except the very thing they do.