http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/12/ruut-veenhoven/the-data-tell-another-story/ Big Ideas for a Better World Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:05:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/12/ruut-veenhoven/the-data-tell-another-story/#comment-93908 Progress Daily » Blog Archive » Happy Life Years Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:30:16 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/12/ruut-veenhoven/the-data-tell-another-story/#comment-93908 [...] “The Data Tell a Different Story,” by Ruut Veenhoven [...] […] “The Data Tell a Different Story,” by Ruut Veenhoven […]

]]> http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/12/ruut-veenhoven/the-data-tell-another-story/#comment-51541 manunderstress.com » Blog Archive » The Futile Pursuit of Eudaimonia (Research) Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:04:56 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/12/ruut-veenhoven/the-data-tell-another-story/#comment-51541 [...] I’m all for studies and research and anything in general that makes sense where there formerly was none, or tosses some long standing, ill-begotten preconception out of the window, but I find all this happiness research stuff kind of silly. Um, The World Database of Happiness…are you kidding me? Now I’m a big fan of the InterWebs, and the varied geekness you may find on said webs, including dorky databases, but I really hope they were being ironic with that name. I doubt it however, because the website is so horrifyingly 1996 that the author wouldn’t have- wait a minute….the whole thing is a great big giant ironical culture jam! Perhaps the Yes Men are behind it. [...] […] I’m all for studies and research and anything in general that makes sense where there formerly was none, or tosses some long standing, ill-begotten preconception out of the window, but I find all this happiness research stuff kind of silly. Um, The World Database of Happiness…are you kidding me? Now I’m a big fan of the InterWebs, and the varied geekness you may find on said webs, including dorky databases, but I really hope they were being ironic with that name. I doubt it however, because the website is so horrifyingly 1996 that the author wouldn’t have- wait a minute….the whole thing is a great big giant ironical culture jam! Perhaps the Yes Men are behind it. […]

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