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Re:Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells be... by randmeerkat on Sunday December 12, 2021 @10:28PM (#29536281)
I’m not arguing that there aren’t problems with benchmarking society against GDP, there are. What I’m asking is, what is a better measurement? If it is something like happiness, then how do we quantify that in a meaningful way?
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Re:Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells be... by ClumsyPilot on Sunday December 12, 2021 @10:31PM (#29536301)
Trying to reduce society to one number is pure folly, but if you had to pick one, it would have to be quality of life-based metrics, surely? We already use them in medicine.
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Re:Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells be... by randmeerkat on Sunday December 12, 2021 @10:39PM (#29536354)
Sure, but the original comment that spawned this thread was comparing happiness and GDP.
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