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Answer to Quiz: The extreme is not an estimate of the average. Assuming one can define happiness, a measure in the tails, that is the suicide rate, provides a near-random estimate of the average. Likewise counting the super-rich doesnt give an idea of the wealth of a country. It is much more of a measure of inequality. Corollary: policies aiming at decreasing unhappiness should be treated as something independent from policies aiming at increasing happiness. (The *via negativa* argument). Note: I do not believe we know how to measure happiness, but we know how do deal with extreme unhappiness.
Posted on: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 17:43:59 +0000

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