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Herring • today at 8:26 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

The negativity problem is society-wide.

https://data.worldhappiness.report/chart

Basically the US line will keep trending down until widespread understanding of what Europe has already figured out: society needs more supportive mechanisms (healthcare, gun control, job security, low inequality, free higher education, walkable cities etc etc etc).

We are social animals. Individual happiness depends on your bank account, sure, but crucially also on your neighbor's happiness.