Happiness · proposed 2 months ago
Judge societies by the distribution of flourishing, not the average
An average can hide misery: gains for a few can lift the mean while many fall. AYVA proposes measuring the floor and the spread of flourishing, so progress can't be claimed while the worst-off lose ground.
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Inequality-adjusted human development indices already discount for uneven distribution.
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Distribution metrics can be gamed, and over-weighting them may blunt the incentives that create wealth at all.
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