Candyman74:
Why is it sad that the US doesn’t lead in any of those statistics? Someone’s gotta lead in any given statistic; is is sad for everyone who doesn’t?
I’d say that above a certain level, it’s fine. Just because somewhere else has a higher statistical score in some area than, say, Iceland, doesn’t mean that it’s sad that Iceland doesn’t lead. Iceland’s score may still be perfectly within the the scope of “pretty darn good and perfectly acceptable”.
The thread topic is, “What is the best measurement for which countries are better off than which others?” You don’t think measures such as infant mortality, literacy, longevity, etc., are at least relevant to that?!
If Ireland is the fifth best country to live in (according to the Human Development Index) then the world is even more terrible than I imagined.
Cisco
September 19, 2009, 9:48pm
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Jeezus, hispanics are happy.
I think it is because of all that coffee and chocolate…
