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PEOPLE AND SOCIETIES HAD LOST THE CULTURES, THEIR ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL SYSTEMS, AND HUMANITY WAS HAVING PROBLEMS. THAT’S WHY BHUTAN SAID, “OKAY, THIS IS NOT ENOUGH, YOU KNOW? GDP IS NOT ENOUGH. HUMANITY NEEDS A HIGHER GOAL FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT IS GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS.” WHAT THEY’RE DOING IN BHUTAN IS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO MAXIMIZE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, THEY’RE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS. THEY’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS IT THAT’S GONNA MAKE OUR PEOPLE HAPPY — NOT RICH, BUT HAPPY. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS CONTENTMENT, THIS HAPPINESS, LIES WITHIN THE SELF, AND THERE’S NO EXTERNAL SOURCE. THE FASTER CAR, BIGGER HOUSE, YOU KNOW, MORE FASHIONABLE CLOTHES IS NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT CONTENTMENT. IT MIGHT GIVE YOU FLEETING PLEASURE, BUT NOT CONTENTMENT. GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE CITIZENS CAN PURSUE HAPPINESS. SO LET’S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, BHUTAN HAS GOT LOTS OF POTENTIAL TO DAM UP ITS VALLEYS, SELL HYDROELECTRICITY TO INDIA. BUT WHEN THEY FLOOD THEIR VALLEYS, THEY HAVE TO MOVE PEOPLE. WHEN THEY FLOOD THEIR VALLEYS, THEY LOSE THEIR FOREST COVER, THEY LOSE SOME OF THEIR SITES OF SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THEM. SO, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS THEY WANT TO BALANCE THESE THINGS. THEY WANT TO THINK, JUST, NOT, “OH, OKAY. DAM THIS VALLEY, SELL THIS AMOUNT OF HYDRO TO INDIA FOR THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, GDP GOES UP.” THEY WANT TO LOOK AT IT IN A MORE TEXTURED APPROACH. GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS IS IMPORTANT THAT IT MAKES US THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DO FOR OURSELVES AS INDIVIDUALS, OF SOCIETY, OF THE WORD, THINK RATIONALLY, THINK HOLISTICALLY, THINK SPIRITUALLY. IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENT, OUR LAW SAYS % OF BHUTAN MUST ALWAYS BE FOREST. IN TERMS OF CULTURE, WE HAVE MONASTERIES, WE HAVE SCHOOLS TO BE PROTECTED BY THE STATE, WE HAVE RULES OF DRESS, LANGUAGE, ARCHITECTURE. SO THIS IS HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS CREATING THIS ENVIRONMENT. IF WE THINK ABOUT SOCIETIES, THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF SOCIETY SHOULD BE TO PRODUCE LONG AND HAPPY LIVES FOR ITS CITIZENS. THE PEOPLE OF BHUTAN HAVE ONLY RECENTLY BEGUN PURSUING GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS.
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