I think these are great insights, especially about comfort not equalling happiness.
I think a major factor behind it is that the US has no historical culture, just a popular culture. I think American's don't realize it at all unless they spend time outside the US to see how the important the historical context is. There was no USA 200 years ago, while many countries have thousand year old cultures.
I think a major factor behind it is that the US has no historical culture, just a popular culture. I think American's don't realize it at all unless they spend time outside the US to see how the important the historical context is. There was no USA 200 years ago, while many countries have thousand year old cultures.