Then how you explain the fact that USA has one of the lowest life expectancy among the developed world?
I think that what the author tries to explain is that, in some places, societies have gone too far in the seek of productiveness and, ironically, people there is less happy and healthy.
I guess finding the good balance is more important than trying to be the number one.
Why is this downvoted? Given that the US is as economically powerful as it is, why _is_ life expectancy lower [0], compared to other _developed_ nations? Check out Canada, Australia, Japan and West-Europe on the map.
I think that what the author tries to explain is that, in some places, societies have gone too far in the seek of productiveness and, ironically, people there is less happy and healthy.
I guess finding the good balance is more important than trying to be the number one.