Are we happier than our forefathers?

We measured the happiness of the past 60 years, at least in the United States. In the past 60 years, despite the simultaneous increase in revenues, the number of people in the United States who are very happy remains the same.

Now this may indicate that as we become more prosperous our lives become more comfortable and there is no reason to believe our happiness will increase.

Let's look at other indicators. The United Nations publishes the world's happiness report (worldhappiness.report) every year. Among them, they rank countries according to their happiness.

Throughout the year Gallup Research asked people around the world about the so-called Cantrill Ladder problem.

The top of the ladder represents your best life and the bottom of the ladder represents your worst life.

It is essentially a measure of happiness from 0 to 10. This is not a bad measure, as people's answer has been proved to be related to brain activity.

Next, the scientists who announced this report identified six key indicators that seemed to be related to happiness. The higher the score of the country with these six indicators, the better happiness will be.

Therefore, these indicators can predict the happiness of the people of the country. Well, in retrospect, what can you see after getting data in years?

These facts reminds me, "Are we happier than our ancestors?" In my opinion, we are not as happy as they are. Our ancestors were living a casual, fulfilling and happy life, but today these words are only listed in the dictionary. If you want to live like our ancestors, it is possible only in Himalayas. Because money is necessary to meet the minimum need and necessity in this world, it is because we have to work hard. Working hard means that working during the day will accompany work all night. Is this called happiness?

In today's world science is progressing constantly We have made dramatic progress in every aspect of life. Of course, we are more happy than our ancestors. From an ordinary person's point of view, we can imagine that our ancestors were working throughout their lifetime and sweating. And today, you can control lots of things with a single click, but historians know that our ancestors were in war. Born on age, there are places of illness, fear, fear, poverty, and depression everywhere. Then, how do you think they can have complete relaxation and happiness?

The answer to the above question is not easy. The answer depends on the meaning of our happiness. If happiness means increasing human comfort, we are definitely happier than our ancestors. But if it means inner peace and pleasure, it is not the case. The modern world is different from the ancient world. This is a whole new world. If someone of our ancestors appeared in this world, he would be shocked by the novelty of the planet and he will refuse to believe that he lived on the same earth. A factor that is completely different from the ancient world of modern world is scientific progress. Scientists' discovery and invention certainly enhanced human comfort and happiness. Yesterday's impossible is today's reality. Scientific machinery guarantees everything for us. Food, clothing, housing are considered to be basic human needs. Science is truly happy by providing him with better food, clothing and residences than before.