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U.S. hits new low in World Happiness Report

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219 points surprisetalk | 5 comments | 25 Sep 25 20:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.227s | source
1. marc_abonce ◴[25 Sep 25 21:49 UTC] No.45379583[source]▶
The article has a paywall for me and I was curious about their methodology. Fortunately, Wikipedia has some information:

"Nationally representative samples of respondents are asked to think of a ladder, with the best possible life for them being a 10, and the worst possible life being a 0. They are then asked to rate their own current lives on that 0 to 10 scale."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report

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2. ◴[25 Sep 25 21:53 UTC] No.45379637[source]▶
3. nutjob2 ◴[25 Sep 25 22:19 UTC] No.45379942[source]▶
It could be named the "lack of ambition" report.

Or equally lack of envy or discontent.

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4. Hamuko ◴[26 Sep 25 05:36 UTC] No.45383040[source]▶
"Why are the Europeans happy when they're so poor?"
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5. nutjob2 ◴[26 Sep 25 07:40 UTC] No.45383854{3}[source]▶
The two are not mutually exclusive.