status quo vs brilliance
living lives that matter in human terms.
we've been measuring the wrong things.. no?
Why is the generally accepted definition of prosperity the growth of industrial output, not the emotional, social, intellectual, physical, or ethical growth ofhumans?
numbing numbers
Twenty percent of the world’s population—more than 1.5 billion people—is undernourished. Over 9 million people—5 million of them children—die every year from malnutrition. More than 11 million children die every year from preventable diseases, like malaria and diarrhea.Half the world’s population lives on less than $2 a day. Over a billion people have no access to safe, fresh water. More than 2.4 billion people don’t have access to the toilets you and I take for granted—adequate, hygienic sanitation. Three million people die every year from water-related diseases that could be prevented. There are 27 million slaves in the world.
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via betterness
via @toughloveforx Gross_national_happiness
designed in an attempt to define an indicator that measuresquality of life or social progress in more holistic and psychological terms than only the economic indicator of gross domestic product (GDP)
