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Science has embraced the search for happiness

21 February 2016

In the 1990s the dream of measuring happiness enjoyed a revival. The proliferation of smartphones allowed researchers to develop apps that would, for the first time, allow them to collect real-time reports of happiness from the masses. London School of Economics got involved in this, referring to its own happiness measuring app as an hedonimeter. We now have something called hedonometer 2.0, which aims to measure happiness based on the emotive content of Twitter posts. According to hedonometer 2.0, the happiest state in the US last week was Hawaii. The least happy? Oregon.

This article was published online by The National(UAE) on February 21, 2016
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Related publications
Are you happy while you work?, Alex Bryson and George MacKerron. Article in CentrePiece Volume 18, Issue 1 Summer 2013
'Are you happy while you work?', Alex Bryson and George MacKerron, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1187, February 2013

Related links
Alex Bryson, CEP Alumni webpage

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