I played with the map a little bit. I think its cool at the first glance. What is missing is how it necessarily applies to me, user? I can understand that probably what makes people truly happy universally is applicable to me. But probably could use some quick guidance. You say it in your description - story, although this moment is buried in longer description of methodology. I also had to figure out on my own that each individual response is example of what can make me happy. Still, I think this map has potential for more cool features base don this data.
It doesn't look very graphics-intensive, yet runs at about 2FPS on Safari, on my 3.8GHz quad core i5. The site's performance could use an investigation by a software developer.
I for one am looking forward to retirement. I am planning on being high all the time, gardening and yelling at children passing by my property. Growing my hair and beard, wearing a bandana and a tie-dyed shirt and paying for my coffee in quarters in a wooden treasure box I carry as a purse. The goal is to liberate the crazy.
It looks like the Physical & Active Hobbies sector is populated exclusively by books in the northeast portion and video games in the southwest. It might be a direct swap with the Gaming & Virtual Worlds sector, which contains some physical activity events.
> But research is showing that social media and smartphones have made us addicted to screens from a young age. It’s taken a toll on how much time we spend together
Agree completely, but it has also lead to widely held pessimistic beliefs like
> But how do we find meaning when the climate is warming, politics is broken, and technology serves profit over people? We can’t think about thriving; we're merely surviving.
I anticipate downvotes, but I seriously suggest reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_Now for some perspective about long term positive trends, and insights into why we over weigh short term negative news to the detriment of our mental health.
What’s with being a parent is one of 5 qualifiers of a person? My answer would be - happy every day that I didnt have children. I’m curious if there is correlation.
The fact that there's no "happiness landmark" for contributing to society or the lives of others (besides friends and family) makes me sad.
No one is answering with things like "I nursed a bird back to health" or "I helped a refugee family settle in"?
edit: There are 15 answers in the bottom-right corner of the "Friends and Social" island which more or less fit this, but still a tiny fraction of the responses
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 51.8 ms ] threadIt looks like the Physical & Active Hobbies sector is populated exclusively by books in the northeast portion and video games in the southwest. It might be a direct swap with the Gaming & Virtual Worlds sector, which contains some physical activity events.
Also, there should be an option to just get the story as text.
Agree completely, but it has also lead to widely held pessimistic beliefs like
> But how do we find meaning when the climate is warming, politics is broken, and technology serves profit over people? We can’t think about thriving; we're merely surviving.
I anticipate downvotes, but I seriously suggest reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_Now for some perspective about long term positive trends, and insights into why we over weigh short term negative news to the detriment of our mental health.
No one is answering with things like "I nursed a bird back to health" or "I helped a refugee family settle in"?
edit: There are 15 answers in the bottom-right corner of the "Friends and Social" island which more or less fit this, but still a tiny fraction of the responses