Why GDP is an inadequate measure of human progress
Because you can sit in a chair in the sky.
Hat tip to Kelly Bidwell.
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You can read some ideas how new sphere of activity can change the points of view and can improve the life at all : http://www.internationers.com/blogs/post/176499 I believe everyone can change the lifestyle in a right way!
Hedonic Adaptation!!!
What do you make of the second graph in this post?
I love Louis CK. I remember watching John Hughes’ movies when I was a teenager in Korea and thinking “I don’t understand. You American kids wear normal clothes, drive a car, have a science lab and gym, and can actually find time to date. What kind of existential crisis can you possibly have?”
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You can read some ideas how new sphere of activity can change the points of view and can improve the life at all : http://www.internationers.com/blogs/post/176499 I believe everyone can change the lifestyle in a right way!
Hedonic Adaptation!!!
What do you make of the second graph in this post?
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/well-being-index-stuck-at-2010-loway/
I love Louis CK. I remember watching John Hughes’ movies when I was a teenager in Korea and thinking “I don’t understand. You American kids wear normal clothes, drive a car, have a science lab and gym, and can actually find time to date. What kind of existential crisis can you possibly have?”