would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a architect in Japan

2 strangers working as architects in Japan have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 5.0 / 10. 56% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 35% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

2
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
5.0/ 10
stress
6.4h/ night
sleep
15h/ week
free time
$3,612/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade56%
would not trade35%
unsure9%

135 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • peaceful9
  • chaotic7
  • stable7
  • inspiring6
  • meaningful4
  • depressing3

two architects in Japan have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. the sample is small — read the numbers below as suggestive, not definitive.

asked whether they would trade lives with architects in Japan, 135 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 56% would trade, 35% would not, 9% are unsure.

compared with architects worldwide, architects in Japan are happier by 0.6 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.4 points, and more envied by 11 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in Japan, architects in Japan are happier by 1.0 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.4 points, and more envied by 9 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all architects globally
    happiness +0.6stress -1.4would-trade +11.0pp
  • vs all lives in Japan
    happiness +1.0stress -1.4would-trade +9.0pp

fragments