Fragile.

» www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cu...

"Self-help books don’t seem to work. Few of the many advantages of modern life seem capable of lifting our collective mood. Wealth—even if you can get it—doesn’t necessarily lead to happiness. Romance, family life, and work often bring as much stress as joy. We can’t even agree on what “happiness” means. So are we engaged in a futile pursuit? Or are we just going about it the wrong way? (...) And that there is an alternative path to happiness and success that involves embracing failure, pessimism, insecurity, and uncertainty—the very things we spend our lives trying to avoid."

v jednom európskom "happiness" výskume s mega vzorkou všetkých štátov EU sa popri klasických zisteniach o HDP, rozvodoch, mori, slnku atď zistilo, že ženy, ktoré nemajú deti, sú "šťastnejšie" ako tie, ktoré majú. so bad for us

a dosť vtipné bolo, že u mužov to neplatilo, tí boli šťastnejší s potomkami