would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a fisherman in Indonesia

1 stranger working as fisherman in Indonesia have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 8.0 / 10, average stress 6.0 / 10. 58% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 21% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
8.0/ 10
happiness
6.0/ 10
stress
6h/ night
sleep
19h/ week
free time
$334/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade58%
would not trade21%
unsure21%

115 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • meaningful12
  • peaceful9
  • inspiring7
  • stable7
  • enviable6
  • exhausting4

one fisherman in Indonesia has 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 fishermen in Indonesia, 115 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 58% would trade, 21% would not, 21% are unsure.

compared with fishermen worldwide, fishermen in Indonesia are more stressed by 0.5 points and less envied by 6 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in Indonesia, fishermen in Indonesia are happier by 1.4 points on the 1–10 scale.

how this compares

  • vs all fishermans globally
    happiness +0.2stress +0.5would-trade -6.0pp
  • vs all lives in Indonesia
    happiness +1.4stress +0.3would-trade -1.0pp

fragments