A new global report says that people in Finland are the happiest in the world. The northern European country is leading the world in happiness for the eighth year in a row.
  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    14·
    1 天前

    Looks like the US is 24 out of 147. It’d be interesting to see the correlation with median income, I’d bet the US is even more behind where a nation of it’s wealth would tend to be be.

  • MMNT@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    1 天前

    How the hell do you accurately measure happiness? It sounds so abstract. Also who claims the authority of deciding this? I am honestly asking out of curiosity.

    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      1 天前

      It’s a self reported survey.

      Our happiness ranking is based on a single life evaluation question called the Cantril Ladder:

      Please imagine a ladder with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time?

      This question is both democratic and universal. Rather than constructing an index from multiple metrics, the Cantril Ladder empowers people to make their own judgements about what matters most, regardless of their culture and background.

      The question does not mention concepts like happiness, wellbeing, or satisfaction, so it can be easily translated and understood in many different languages.

      • FireRetardant@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        22 小时前

        I wonder if the survey asks people multiple times throughout multiple days. Like you ask me in the morning of a hangover I’m definitely down a few rungs compared to the night before. It would be best to know where the average rung you’re on is.