Another reason the hedonic sampling and other r self reported treasure will be too positive: We rarely will sample people in the last months of their lives, or who are deeply ill and suffering but incapacitated. The end of life pain seems like a major share of the downside of a life. This also seems unlikely to be picked up in the suicide metric, as the pain may be unexpected and because euthanasia is difficult.
(Same would apply to babies and small children, but I’m not sure what direction that goes in. Babies cry a lot but also seem super happy at times, so much so that I am slightly jealous of them.)
Another reason the hedonic sampling and other r self reported treasure will be too positive: We rarely will sample people in the last months of their lives, or who are deeply ill and suffering but incapacitated. The end of life pain seems like a major share of the downside of a life. This also seems unlikely to be picked up in the suicide metric, as the pain may be unexpected and because euthanasia is difficult.
(Same would apply to babies and small children, but I’m not sure what direction that goes in. Babies cry a lot but also seem super happy at times, so much so that I am slightly jealous of them.)
I’d like us to do this more! We could also do small children. It won’t work for babies of course.