IT WAS A BAD YEAR BECAUSE ALL YEARS ARE BAD YEARS, FULL OF HUMAN MISERY. IT WAS AMONG THE TOP 1% OF THE 5000 YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY, AND WE ARE ALL JUST A BUNCH OF CRYBABIES. GLOBAL PER CAPITA INCOME HAS RARELY BEEN HIGHER, LIFE EXPECTANCY IS NEAR THE ALL TIME HIGH, AND HUMAN FREEDOM IS BETTER THAN THE VAST MAJORITY OF YEARS. ABSOLUTE INCOME DOESN’T MATTER; OUR HAPPINESS IS BASED ON HOW WE ARE DOING RELATIVE TO THE RECENT PAST. THUS IT WAS A VERY DEPRESSING YEAR. ACTUALLY, PER CAPITA DISPOSABLE INCOME WAS PRETTY HIGH IN 2020, DUE TO MASSIVE GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS. MANY ADULTS AND STUDENTS SECRETLY PREFERRED BEING HOME, AVOIDING BULLYING BY SCHOOLMATES AND RUDE DRIVERS ON THE FREEWAY. YOU AVOIDED HAVING TO DEBATE YOUR UNCLE ABOUT TRUMP AT THANKSGIVING DINNER. WE GAVE UP BOWLING LEAGUES DECADES AGO BECAUSE WE PREFER SITTING AT HOME WATCHING NETFLIX. HUMANS ARE A SOCIAL ANIMAL AND HENCE 2020 WAS ONE OF THE WORST YEARS IN HUMAN HISTORY. EVEN MEDIEVAL PEASANTS HAD A HAPPIER LIFE, AS THEY GOT TO SOCIALIZE WITH THEIR FRIENDS. THE PAST YEAR WAS AN INHUMAN DYSTOPIAN NIGHTMARE, ONE EVEN HOLLYWOOD COULD NOT IMAGINE. NO ONE HAS A CLUE AS TO HOW TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. BECAUSE OUR BRAINS ARE WIRED TO FOOL OURSELVES INTO CHASING GOALS THAT DON’T MAKE US HAPPY, WE DON’T REALLY EVEN KNOW HOW HAPPY WE ARE, MUCH LESS THE HAPPINESS OF THE 7.8 BILLION HUMANS THAT WE NEVER, EVER MEET. WE ARE FOOLS.
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