The Global Happiness Curve Is Collapsing. What Does That Mean?

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For decades, research showed that the way people experienced happiness across their lifetimes looked like a U-shaped curve: Happiness tended to be high when they were young, then dipped in midlife, only to rise again as they grew old. But recent surveys suggest that curve is starting to flatten. Christina Caron, a Well reporter, explains.

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