Are You Happy With Your Life?

[AntiochusIII]

Gah! I read the whole link (I really need to stop doing that: It's the Backroom! Nobody ever read links!) and I think the survey results pretty much screams out "common sense," really. For one, a richer, more comfortable person is on average happier than an I-don't-know-if-I'm-gonna-die-tomorrow African, yet there's only so far you can go before that shiny new home theater system is really just a useless empty toy for a spoiled American suburban [/self insult]. Considering the West's "developed" status versus other countries' "developing" status "our" stasis when compare to other nations' improvements in happiness trends are almost self-explanatory.

Economics is important but it's not everything...which is the conclusion from the survey is it not?

As for the poll, I vote less happy for precisely one reason: I grew up.