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Apparently, I was right about happiness

Apparently, I was right about happiness.

Two days after I posted my last piece, Nielsen published the results of a global online survey of 28,153 people from 51 nations. Here’s a summary of the findings, according to Reuters.

Men are happier with money, while women find greater joy in friendships and relationships with their children, co-workers and bosses, a new global survey reveals.

At the time I posted my last piece, I was not aware of the Nielsen survey, nor the fact that the release of its findings was imminent. This is a pure coincidence, but I think it is a remarkable coincidence. It just goes to show the power of great theory.

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Satoshi Kanazawa

Satoshi Kanazawa is an evolutionary psychologist at LSE and the coauthor (with the late Alan S. Miller) of Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters.

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