So, the ultimate secret to Finnish happiness is simple but hard to put in practice: Build institutions that truly serve the citizens at large, not just a narrow elite within it.
Schlagwort-Archiv: Gerechtigkeit
Happiness as a function of institutions.
Länger und länger.
Für so ne Pimmelparty mit bleichen Rentnern waren wir nicht stundenlang im Proberaum
Strange strangeness.
Strange world, strange symbols.
Angebot und Nachfrage.
The housing market is an especially weird one.
Everyday is IWDday.
Women stand at the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, as health care workers, caregivers, innovators, community organizers and as some of the most exemplary and effective national leaders in combating the pandemic. The crisis has highlighted both the centrality of their contributions and the disproportionate burdens that women carry.
Use it and lose it.
Meanwhile, Dr. Gokal said, he continues to pay a price for not wasting a vaccine in a pandemic. His voice broke as he counted the toll.
He lost his job. His wife struggles to sleep. His children are worried. And hospitals have told him not to come back until his case is resolved.
He spends his time volunteering at a nonprofit health clinic for the uninsured, haunted all the while by the realization that no matter what, it will still be out there: the story about that Pakistani doctor in Houston who stole all those vaccines.
“How can I take it back?” that doctor asked.
Dan Barry: The Vaccine Had to Be Used. He Used It. He Was Fired.
Time for frequent polluter loyalty programs.
Frequent-flying “‘super emitters” who represent just 1% of the world’s population caused half of aviation’s carbon emissions in 2018, according to a study.
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Only 11% of the world’s population took a flight in 2018 and 4% flew abroad.
The Guardian: 1% of people cause half of global aviation emissions – study