Uncharted: The happiness curve
Do orangutans, or humans, experience a midlife crisis? Hidden deep in the data, two economists have found a surprising pattern: happiness is U shaped.
Hannah Fry explores two tales of data and discovery.
Do orangutans - or humans - experience a midlife crisis? Hidden deep in the data, two economists have found a surprising pattern: happiness is U shaped.
And, John Carter has a terrible choice to make. One path offers glory, the other to death. His decision hinges on one graph, but can it help him take the right road?
Produced by: Ilan Goodman and Lauren Armstrong Carter
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