Is the pursuit of economic growth (i.e. more money) isomorphic with increasing happiness? If so, why do the Japanese and Scandinavians, among the materially richest nations on Earth, have record high suicide rates?
Money appears to be a poor (ouch! :-)) measure of personal happiness, too. (Lack of it tho' is an excellent indicator of misery.) Is Bill gates really 50 times happier than Mark Shuttleworth? Are either of them happier than a mere millionaire?
What if we could quantise happiness, both personal and collective? Would we, or our government, dare to apply the logical conclusions? Whatever, it would be a very different world!
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