World Happiness

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Date of source:
11 Jun 2012
Reference:
We live in an age of stark contradictions.  The world enjoys technologies of unimaginable sophistication; yet 
has at least one billion people without enough to eat each day.  The world economy is propelled to soaring 
new heights of productivity through ongoing technological and organizational advance; yet is relentlessly 
destroying the natural environment in the process.  Countries achieve great progress in economic development 
as conventionally measured; yet along the way succumb to new crises of obesity, smoking, diabetes, depression, 
and other ills of modern life.