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Happiness has been in the news a lot lately. Experts in various fields seem to think they've got a better handle on the concept and how to measure it among individuals and populations. Governments are discussing it as a policy objective. Lots of smart people are thinking about it and it's popping up everywhere (for a sampling, here are links for related stories from TED, Slate, The Economist and the BBC). Below are a few questions nicked from one of the more interesting polls on the subject--I'm curious to see how you'll answer and how you compare to the data they got from 1001 Brits.

[Poll #896948]

(no subject)

Happiness has been in the news a lot lately. Experts in various fields seem to think they've got a better handle on the concept and how to measure it among individuals and populations. Governments are discussing it as a policy objective. Lots of smart people are thinking about it and it's popping up everywhere (for a sampling, here are links for related stories from TED, Slate, The Economist and the BBC). Below are a few questions nicked from one of the more interesting polls on the subject--I'm curious to see how you'll answer and how you compare to the data they got from 1001 Brits.

[Poll #896948]