The Global Peace Index 2019 -

[editor]

Most peaceful: Iceland, UK 45 and America.....128th most peaceful country



Bigger file here http://visionofhumanity.org/app/uploads/2019/06/GPI-2019-A3-map-posterweb.pdf

 

[spring-peeper]

List of happy countries seems to be world's most peaceful.

 

[StoneRoad]

Interesting, that GPI.
Some of the aggregations mask great differences - eg Canada and USofA.

 

[spring-peeper]

I found it interesting to see all the countries that have the same rating as the us.

 

[bendeus]

Also interesting to see countries with very dodgy human rights records, e.g. Qatar being seen as more 'peaceful' than Spain. Wonder what metrics they're using because they sure as fuck don't relate to the treatment of prisoners or women.

 

[spring-peeper]

Poll: Americans Say We're Angrier Than A Generation Ago

Some 84% of people surveyed said Americans are angrier today compared with a generation ago, according to the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health poll.

When asked about their own feelings, 42% of those polled said they were angrier in the past year than they had been further back in time.

Anger can have an effect on health.

"I think of anger as a health risk," says Dr. Anil Jain, vice president and chief health information officer at IBM Watson Health. "The fact that the survey showed that we have a generation of Americans who believe that they are more angry than they were a generation ago tells me that this is going to lead to some consequences from a health point of view."

What makes people mad?

Look, we could ask only so many questions about that, so don't be angry with us.

But we wondered, what about the news? Is that a factor?

The poll found that 29% of people said they were often angry when checking the news. Another 42% said the news sometimes made them angry.

 

[8ball]

List of happy countries seems to be world's most peaceful.

Also in keeping with the rule that the happiest countries are ones known for their high suicide rates.

 

[spring-peeper]

Also in keeping with the rule that the happiest countries are ones known for their high suicide rates.

How did you come up with that?

according to wiki ->

in ranking of suicide


finland - 32nd
Denmark - 89th
Norway - 40th
Canada - 72nd

 

[8ball]

How did you come up with that?

according to wiki ->

in ranking of suicide


finland - 32nd
Denmark - 89th
Norway - 40th
Canada - 72nd

Fake news.

edit: Just checked and it's just those bits of certain countries that sit in the Arctic circle where the suicide rate is particularly high.

Though I can't imagine being surrounded by a bunch of perfectly contented bastards helps very much.

 

[Dogsauce]

Valley bottom syndrome, innit. Only with shorter days rather than hills.

 

[Part 2]

USA narrowly beating Saudi Arabia

UK up 5 places and getting more peaceful apparently...not that you'd know it.

 

[Dogsauce]

UK up 5 places and getting more peaceful apparently...not that you'd know it.

Might be down to not having significant terror attack for a few years - guess it’s measured in terms of violent events rather than people being grumpy bastards.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Also in keeping with the rule that the happiest countries are ones known for their high suicide rates.

But the people who are still alive are loving life.

 

[8ball]

But the people who are still alive are loving life.

Aside from the ones who haven’t killed themselves yet, obv.