Comment by oblio
2 days ago
We probably went wrong when we decided to maximize money versus maximizing happiness.
We badly need to move beyond GDP and to at least IHDI, if not something even better.
2 days ago
We probably went wrong when we decided to maximize money versus maximizing happiness.
We badly need to move beyond GDP and to at least IHDI, if not something even better.
I can't buy food or pay my mortgage with happiness.
I didn't say it was easy. And I'm not talking about individual action. Governments should incentivize and force different things. Conceptually simple example: construction projects should require sustainability and aesthetics reviews, including, for example, use of better materials and green and walkable spaces. For example I find the butt ugly and cheap American solutions for sidewalks (I think continuously poured concrete cut into slabs with circular saws) much worse than the European ones (paving stones, often natural stone). The US is the richer country and it frequently looks cheaper and poorer.
Beauty matters.
What a terrible idea. I don't want my government to "force" things. Nor should idiot government bureaucrats have any authority over something as subjective as aesthetics.
Paving stones are terrible for skates, and not great for running either. Poured concrete is much smoother. And it's not cut with circular saws so I have no idea what you're referring to there.
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When I moved from country where I had to use public transit to a country where I could drive, my happiness (re transportation) increased by a large amount.
I am not sure how this relates to the whole "public transit vs cars" argument though.
Where was this place where you could not drive? I don't know of any such place.
Whatever sensible measure you can imagine, it’s most likely very strongly correlated with gdp
At some point they diverge, otherwise we wouldn't have Karnataka and the US sitting where they are for HDI rankings.