With Twitter, Facebook and mobile devices, many think that geography is dead. On the contrary, place, or where you live still means a great deal. And the culture of where you live is likely to have a large impact on your happiness. Can people in Iceland, a country that has in recent history suffered an economic implosion, be happier than Qatar — the wealthiest country per capita in the world— where there are no taxes and the government pays for education, medical care and a plot of land for each citizen to build a house? This session asks: Who is happy where, and why?
The Geography of Happiness
Festival: 2011





