Short YouTube discussion probing whether global happiness is declining. Speakers link declines in religiosity and family formation, rising loneliness and weaker workplace friendships, increased mediation of relationships by technology, and shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic as contributing factors.
Are we globally getting less happy?
So the climate of happiness is based on faith, family, friendship at work. And religiosity is in decline, family formation is in decline, loneliness is increasing, especially as we mediate relationships through technology and people have a less healthy relationship toward their work. Then we have storms like the coronavirus epidemic.
Corona Corona Corona COVID 19.
Where people are still not going back to where they were and seeing each other in person. Rates of person to person friendship are still way below what they were in 2019. And, you know, less oxytocin, less eye contact, less touch. And last but not least, of course, is what's going on with social media and dating apps. And, you know, how technology has actually ripped us apart.
