Measuring what really matters
This TED talk really gets down to it. “It” being the fact that we (in our modern societies) tend to measure things that really don’t make us happy. Good stuff. Watch.
June 23, 2010
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Tags: consumerism, economics, TED talk В· Posted in: Economics and Money, consumerism
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