How Our View Of What Makes Us Happy Has Changed Since The 1930s

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 17:10 in Physics & Chemistry

Our view of what makes us happy has changed  since 1938. In the United States of 1938, for example, it was a good thing not to have heat waves and droughts and a Dust Bowl across 75 percent of the country. It would have made people happy to be out of the Great Depression instead of politicians telling them it had long been over. Heat waves, droughts, and politicians claiming things are great because Wall Street executives are making money? 1938 does sound a lot like 2015. read more

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