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Re:Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells be... by ganeshkrishnan on Sunday December 12, 2021 @10:14PM (#29536181)
Happiness is a direct co-relation to GDP. The growth of a civilization is directly as a result of GDP.

For example being in nature brings you happiness. BUT this is only in well developed countries and among people with enough wealth to live comfortably.

Money does not make you happy but it gives you much more opportunity to be happy.

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Re:Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells be... by randmeerkat on Sunday December 12, 2021 @10:26PM (#29536266)
> Happiness is a direct co-relation to GDP. The growth of a civilization is directly as a result of GDP.

That’s actually not correct. By that argument the happiest country should be the United States as it has the largest GDP. However the United States ranks #19 on the World Happiness Report: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-...

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Re:Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells be... by ganeshkrishnan on Monday December 13, 2021 @02:06AM (#29537439)
I should have been more specific: GDP per capita is one of the most important part of a person's happiness.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-vs-happiness

Chart above clearly shows that mostly increase in GDP results in higher life satisfaction.

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Re:Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells be... by randmeerkat on Monday December 13, 2021 @06:28PM (#29546131)
> Chart above clearly shows that mostly increase in GDP results in higher life satisfaction.

That chart clearly shows a handful of countries happier than the US with less GDP per capita…

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