This proposal seems similar to Bhutan’s use of Gross National Happiness. I agree that it’s good for governments to use statistical analysis to figure out what is making their citizens (or ideally, the world’s citizens, of course!) better off. Governments already have data on how many citizens are using the disability support pension and have lots of lifestyle data from the census. Anyway, the proposal sounds interesting. Feel free to send me a Google doc with this kind of article to recieve detailed feedback so that we can aim to post it over the coming weeks.
Wow. When I first came across the Gross National Happiness Index concept, I thought it was a bit fluffy. I had no idea that it was anything more than a simple survey. Now that I have checked out “A Short Guide to Gross National Happiness Index” [1], I see that there’s something to learn about here.
Now, I desperately want to get my hands on the raw GNHI data. I can code. Read: I am able to quickly process the data to answer our questions about it. Do we have any connections through which this data can be obtained? I can try emailing them if not, but email addresses on contact pages can be hit or miss.
This proposal seems similar to Bhutan’s use of Gross National Happiness. I agree that it’s good for governments to use statistical analysis to figure out what is making their citizens (or ideally, the world’s citizens, of course!) better off. Governments already have data on how many citizens are using the disability support pension and have lots of lifestyle data from the census. Anyway, the proposal sounds interesting. Feel free to send me a Google doc with this kind of article to recieve detailed feedback so that we can aim to post it over the coming weeks.
Wow. When I first came across the Gross National Happiness Index concept, I thought it was a bit fluffy. I had no idea that it was anything more than a simple survey. Now that I have checked out “A Short Guide to Gross National Happiness Index” [1], I see that there’s something to learn about here.
Now, I desperately want to get my hands on the raw GNHI data. I can code. Read: I am able to quickly process the data to answer our questions about it. Do we have any connections through which this data can be obtained? I can try emailing them if not, but email addresses on contact pages can be hit or miss.
http://www.grossnationalhappiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Short-GNH-Index-edited.pdf