126. Are Scandinavians Really Happier Than Americans?
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The Six Variables of Happiness
In Finland there is no status hierarchy. In San Francisco everyone gets in and it doesn't matter if you're homeless or not. But I think the point that I want to make is like so in the US we do it very differently. Like we grind our kids into a nub and then we force them to go to like the best school ever to get the best job ever that grinds them into a nubs. And then like people aren't super happy as they're going through that process right. That's not a happiness process a productivity process. If you school your kids for two hours a day and let them do recess for four hours a day like they're not going to be
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