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Britain never happier than in 1957


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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/

 

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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."

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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...

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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.

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