If "keeping up with the Joneses" aka "getting ahead of the Vasquezes" is what makes us happy, we're just an unfortunate species. It's not going to be easy to say how much is nature and how much is nurture.
> The paradox is also that within a country, happiness tends to increase as individuals become wealthier relative to others.
Does this describe the current state of the world? We don't seem very happy.
If "keeping up with the Joneses" aka "getting ahead of the Vasquezes" is what makes us happy, we're just an unfortunate species. It's not going to be easy to say how much is nature and how much is nurture.
> The paradox is also that within a country, happiness tends to increase as individuals become wealthier relative to others.
Does this describe the current state of the world? We don't seem very happy.