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By its very definition culture covers the entire range of human influences including food, climate, religion, artefacts, history, rituals and beliefs. In each chapter Weiner identifies one cultural correlate that most explains the happiness quotient of that country.
Tolerance in the Dutch for instance, or boredom in the Swiss. The book begins with a very pragmatic approach of understanding happiness through the lens of happiness researchers at the World Database of Happiness WDH at Rotterdam, Netherlands. However the description of the meeting and the build up to it is anything but academic. Weiner has interestingly woven in findings from decades of research, published in reputed scientific journals, into a fine tapestry of human behaviour, history and geography.
His imagination leads him to ramble sometimes and the reader might also enjoy a chuckle at the images he manages to conjure up in your thoughts. Imagine a pig trying to heat chicken burritos in a microwave and getting his pudgy paws stuck in the microwave door. From the outrageous wealth of Qatar to cash-strapped Moldova, from the happiest nation Iceland to the unhappiest nation according to WDH once again Moldova, Weiner takes the reader on a tour of happiness, coded by nation and coloured by his own perceptions about what makes a nation tick.
For a nation that functions in the dark, the author feels they have an amazingly healthy attitude towards failure. It is expected and celebrated. So truly reflected in Indian philosophy where the emphasis is on the karma act and not on the karma-phala fruit of acts. Such instances of spiritual truths are scattered throughout the book and one need not have to look too hard to find them.
Lack of culture in both Moldova and Qatar according to Weiner is reflected in their happiness quotient. While the former is poor, the latter is a rich nation. So although wealth camouflages a lot of ills, unhappiness is not one of them. The lack of identity that Moldovans face further crushes their attempts to happiness. According to the author, the Thais are too busy being happy to ponder on the question of their happiness.
Permissiveness is encountered in Netherlands and Thailand but the context and hence the approach to both varies.
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