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Re: In today's news...
And humans being social animals, we love having social cohesion and being part of a group. Makes everyone feel better and more willing to do things like charity for their group, which in turn leads to an improvement in quality of life.
Science! has actually done research into this and identified I think it was 7(?) factors that contributed to happiness for the happiest countries, but I can't really be bothered to look for a link or double check that
Colder places tend to have a stronger social cohesion, on account of those societies dying off in (pre-)medieval times if they didn't help each other through the winters and hard timesWhy are the happiest places so fucking cold. I'd move to Australia if I wasn't terrified of it.
And humans being social animals, we love having social cohesion and being part of a group. Makes everyone feel better and more willing to do things like charity for their group, which in turn leads to an improvement in quality of life.
Science! has actually done research into this and identified I think it was 7(?) factors that contributed to happiness for the happiest countries, but I can't really be bothered to look for a link or double check that