Michael Long
Jul 30, 2023

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First, the world doesn't revolve around GDP growth and, second, unrestricted growth isn't sustainable.

Third, a better metric would be to measure whether or not the average citizen is happy and safe.

And, oddly enough, those places also tend to be those with a higher percentage of gross GDP devoted towards maintaining the commons and the public safety net.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report

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Michael Long
Michael Long

Written by Michael Long

I write about Apple, Swift, and SwiftUI in particular, and technology in general. I'm also a Lead iOS Engineer at InRhythm, a modern digital consulting firm.

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