(i want to continue pursuing the issue of Gross National Happiness, but to avoid being boring, am interspersing the postings on it with other comments). Few people make wildly successful livings at music or sport (for instance) but both, when you are growing up, contribute to your education and knowledge, give you more confidence, and …
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I have been asked about the criteria by which Gross NationalHappiness is judged. They are: Psychological wellbeing Health Time use Education Cultural diversity and resilience Good governance Community vitality Ecological diversity and resilience Living standard Gross National Happiness in Bhutan is overseen by the GNH Commission, which scrutinises and approves each piece of government policy …
Japan is sending a team of “social metrics” experts to the Himalayan nation of Bhutan to study the accuracy of its famous Gross National Happiness (GNH) index. Since the 1970s, Bhutan has judged the success of its policies by measuring GNH – based on the people’s well-being in nine categories – rather than Gross National …
The Supreme Court recently ruled that “closely held” corpora-tions don’t have to pay for workers’ contraception. This decision applies not just to family businesses. An estimated 9 out of 10 businesses are “closely held”, that is more than half their stock is owned by five or fewer individuals (not just family members). Some of these …
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Our brains are having to adapt to reading from computer screens and tablets, and this means we are scanning rather than ingesting information. While the brain can cope with this change the trend can end up being threatening. This is because comprehension of information on the web is significantly less thorough than on the printed …
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