Measuring poverty: in the US, the poverty line for the last 40 years has been set at three times a (very minimal) food budget. This approach has many … gulfstream/2045
Fun interview/profile of Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, who is frequently described as the happiest man alive. gulfstream/2234
Happiness has never factored in my life. I'm after other things, but not that. -- Werner Herzog http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=59828 quotes/212
Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have … quotes/167