How are we doing? Maybe the Santa Monica Wellbeing Index can help us

https://wellbeing.smgov.net/

I just found out about this so have no opinion so far.  We really need something more than GDP or such economic indicators to know how our society and people are doing.  Perhaps this is a good tool.

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