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New video: Is Finland really the happiest country?
🕑 Added 2024-09-26 12:00:12 +0000 UTCThree things I know about Finland:
They call their country "Suomi."
It is the home of Angry Birds.
And it's been named the World's Happiest Country 7 years in a row.
Our video out today takes a closer look at "The happiness contest Finland keeps winning" (15:18). We explore how "happiness" is defined in the report that produces the rankings. Change the definition of happiness, and you get a different set of countries at the top of the list!
For this video I recruited New Yorkers from the Howtown community to help demonstrate the survey process. They were very generous with their time and open with their answers, and well, they made me pretty happy.
For our Heroes, Councilors, and Mayors, we have an extended discussion about definitions of happiness and the challenges of measuring our experience of life. We'd love to hear your own perspective in the comments!
Reminder that if you are a paying member, you have access to our Discord server, where we brainstorm ideas for stories and chat about our videos. Connect your Discord account to Patreon to gain access.
Thank you for your interest and support of this project! We're not quite off the runway yet but we're picking up speed :)
Love,
Joss (& Adam)
