That’s Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan kingdom wedged between China and India. The government has devised ways of measuring happiness – though not in the ways that Westerners might imagine.
Archives for February 18, 2014
Where Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Came From, And What the Rest of the World Misunderstands About It
Former prime minister Jigmi Thinley explains how the country’s fourth king came up with the concept, and how it’s defined and measured.
I Have Seen the Future of Theatre – And It Froze and Crashed
Simon Tait: “When a plea has to go out [to the audience] for someone who can do Windows 8 and the visual still won’t go, it really doesn’t work … I don’t want to sneer at that misfortune, but to ask where the creativity sits with the technology.”
Dancing With a Forklift
“The forklift is spinning around and Henna and I are hanging off the tines and holding each other and pulling each other up and constantly moving.”
Cash and Choreographers – Don’t Be Afraid to Ask Your Audience for Money!
“That’s the one thing they never tell when you’re starting your own organization. You’re always advised to have money, find money, get money, get people behind your project that have money, but you’re never told to just ask for money.”