tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post577986389560645084..comments2024-03-28T09:41:15.454-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: More on the discorrelation of happiness and material welfareDeric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-72683388469632187592012-03-06T22:18:26.395-06:002012-03-06T22:18:26.395-06:00On a recent tv news item here in Australia showed ...On a recent tv news item here in Australia showed some Indonesians who were guilty of a bombing were seen smiling at the cameras rather than looking suitably contrite, which many Australian viewers took to indicate callousness, or worse. In fact, a display of unhappiness is considered antisocial in Indonesian culture so their smiles were in fact respectful.<br /><br />This is a problem for self-rated cross-cultural studies (although it possibly begs the question.) Especially Asian cultures, rating ones self as very happy could simply be good form. In European cultures, happiness is ambivalent, it sometimes indicates "goofiness" where a moody quality can be quite desirably sexy.Jim Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415199338332642534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-53889627747523581982012-03-02T12:26:16.793-06:002012-03-02T12:26:16.793-06:00I would not say this is counter-intuitive. An upwa...I would not say this is counter-intuitive. An upwardly mobile person is bound to be happier from the constant achievement of greater goals, whereas a stagnant person higher up does not have a continous source of "greater" achievement to draw happiness from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com