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What
truly makes us happy? Psychologists, social scientists, artists,
religious authorities and philosophers have grappled with this question
for centuries and it doesn’t seem that anyone has completely cracked the
code.
It’s an important question a lot of people are asking in America where
happiness seems to be on the decline. A U.N. report from 2019 found that
when Americans rated their level of happiness on a scale of 1 to 3, the
average person gave themselves a 2.18. That’s down from a high of 2.28
in the 1980s.
What’s interesting is that this decline comes during a period in which
Americans have become richer. Obviously, money doesn’t buy happiness,
but it does provide the security necessary to find contentment.
Spencer Greenberg, a mathematician and entrepreneur in the field of
social science, asked his followers on Twitter: “Why do you think that
many people are unhappy even when they have all their material needs
met?” and the answers were thoughtful and varied.
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