Many older people feel that the current society is not as happy as before.
However, from the perspective of objective rationality, this conclusion is very surprising - although social development has also brought a series of problems, the quality of life of ordinary people has already undergone radical changes, and the conditions of the past few decades are completely different from the current living standards of people.
However, people's feelings are also real.
In other words, with the development of society, people's happiness has declined.
So, the answer to why there is a feeling of declining happiness is not difficult to know, because the indicator of happiness is not only the standard of living.
Social development has brought about the improvement of people's living standards, which will definitely improve people's happiness - after all, food, clothing, housing and transportation are all ***, of course, they will be happier.
However, there is another factor that can deprive people of their sense of well-being.
This is, the gap between rich and poor!
In fact, the core indicator of people's happiness is not the standard of living, and people with a very low standard of living can still be very happy, as long as the people around them are like him.
This is the principle of not suffering from a small number but suffering from inequality.
The biggest problem in the past few decades is to let some people get rich first, which brings a serious consequence - the gap between the rich and the poor has become wider, and the people around you originally eat big pot meals like you, but now people live in big villas, drive luxury sports cars, travel around the world every day, and the beauties around you are like clouds, how can you be happy when you see such a scene?
Happiness actually comes from comparison.
It's a lot of happiness to be like everyone else, and if it can be a little better, then it's very happy.
Human nature, that's what it is.
So, even if you live in a small villa and drive a Mercedes-Benz BMW, you will still not be happy in the face of those big villas and Rolls-Royce.
The development of society needs to balance such problems.
The pursuit of economic benefits, regardless of the theory of white cats and black cats, is valid at a certain stage, but when the step is taken, it is necessary to pay attention to prevent the step too big and too fast.
Today, China's biggest problem is indeed the problem of equal wealth and poverty.
This is a very serious and exciting question.