February 24th, 2007

Oh Boy… Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy

the happy world map

Lovely map, eh?

The darker colors indicate a higher degree of happiness in one’s life, while the lighter colors indicate that life for certain folk isn’t what they had expected or want moving forward.

You and I would probably take these indicators as interesting fodder while we head off to purchase another video game.

What would EthanZ do?

Ethan breaks down the (un)happiness of the world (on the shoulders of the original researcher, Adrian White from the University of Leicester) by analyzing the clustering of the actual data points. From that analysis, he comes up with a few interesting deductions of his own.

Brilliant read.

Ethan, please remain a geek with a bunch of free time on your hands.


3 Responses to “Oh Boy… Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy”  

  1. 1 EthanZ

    Thanks for the kind words, Sean. Sorry I’m going to miss you at BeyondB - I’m letting my eyes heal today and avoiding the drive. Why not come take a detour out to Western MA?

  2. 2 sean coon

    i read about the eye. a needle? i’m almost afraid to ask what happened. yeah, be a pirate for a week and chill, man.

    (added: was that treatment for your condition or an accident?)

    man, i wish we spoke before i planned my return trip tomorrow out of boston… i haven’t been back to the billsville area in a few years now. i’ll have to take a raincheck. so ping me with enough time in advance the next time you build a custom hot tub ;-)

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