: Nice to see such a thoughtful post from you for once.Well, though wrapped in condescending arrogence, thats pleasant of you - considering were hardly pleased with eachother concerning LTV.
: And don't think for a second that I endorse drug decriminalization. I don't.
Why is that, out of interest?
: Interesting you should bring that up.
: Ever heard of the classic Scitovsky 'Rankhappinessness' study from the 1970s?
Yes....never read it though.
: According to his watershed work The Joyless Economy:
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: Over this period, almost twenty five years [1946 through 1970], per capita income rose by 62 percent, yet the proportion of people who consider themselves very happy, fairly happy, and not too happy has hardly changed at all.
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Interesting thing, rating happiness, the study doesnt appear to have happiness in 'real terms' in the way that income studies do. In other words - if there is a basis for the value of the word 'happy' to decrease over time (in other words a fellow applied happy to having enough food 300 years ago, but now wouldnt accept anything less than a neat car and video plus bowling with buddies as condition for 'happy')
