Still Waters Posted January 23, 2017 #1 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Harold Macmillan’s 1957 declaration that Britons had “never had it so good” is one of the most famous and debated prime ministerial statements of the 20th Century. Now, according to a new programme involving sophisticated robotics and around eight million books, it appears he was absolutely right. Or at least, it certainly felt that way. Scientists at the University of Warwick have for the first time used an algorithm to measure the nation’s happiness in every year since 1776. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/01/23/harold-macmillan-right-britain-never-happier-1957/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted January 23, 2017 #2 Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) Despite the fact that rationing only ended three years before, our cities were bombed out ruins, our economy was shattered, and extreme hardship and poverty prevailed! But, being British, they would have just thought: "Mustn't grumble." Edited January 23, 2017 by Black Monk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV-426 Posted January 23, 2017 #3 Share Posted January 23, 2017 There's a certain irony to a "programme involving sophisticated robotics" being used to "measure the nation’s happiness." If we weren't broken down into statistics in every facet of life these days, and made more human connections, we might be a bit happier for a start... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skookum Posted January 23, 2017 #4 Share Posted January 23, 2017 See we can be happy outside of the Merkel and Hollande run show, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setton Posted January 24, 2017 #5 Share Posted January 24, 2017 7 hours ago, LV-426 said: There's a certain irony to a "programme involving sophisticated robotics" being used to "measure the nation’s happiness." If we weren't broken down into statistics in every facet of life these days, and made more human connections, we might be a bit happier for a start... That's what I was thinking to start with. How much of our 'lost happiness' is as a result of increasing technology and connectivity? We're so much more aware of what's going on in the world today. I saw something a while ago about how social media reduces our happiness because people tend to share their good moments so it looks like all our friends are having a better life than we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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