S2:4 Climbing the Wrong Ladder? What Happiness Rankings Might Be Missing

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In this fun episode, we dig into a surprisingly overlooked question: What exactly are
people thinking about when they rate their happiness on global surveys? Is Finland
really the happiest country in the world or just the best at climbing metaphorical
ladders? Researcher August Nilsson joins us to explain how the metaphorical “Cantril
Ladder” works and reveal how tiny tweaks in how we ask about happiness can
dramatically change the answers we get. What happens if we ask about harmony in
life instead? Or if we ditch the ladder metaphor altogether? Tune in for a deep dive
into the psychology behind how we measure happiness and whether we're asking the
right questions at all.

Link to the study:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-52939-y

Guest:
Researcher August Nilsson

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