would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a fisherman in Norway

1 stranger working as fisherman in Norway have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 8.0 / 10, average stress 4.0 / 10. 72% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 12% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
8.0/ 10
happiness
4.0/ 10
stress
7h/ night
sleep
20h/ week
free time
$3,927/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade72%
would not trade12%
unsure16%

77 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • meaningful8
  • stable8
  • enviable6
  • inspiring3
  • peaceful3
  • lonely2

one fisherman in Norway 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 Norway, 77 strangers have answered. the result is decisively yes — most strangers say they would take this kind of life: 72% would trade, 12% would not, 16% are unsure.

compared with fishermen worldwide, fishermen in Norway are less stressed by 1.5 points and more envied by 8 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in Norway, fishermen in Norway are happier by 1.6 points on the 1–10 scale and more stressed by 0.8 points.

how this compares

  • vs all fishermans globally
    happiness +0.2stress -1.5would-trade +8.0pp
  • vs all lives in Norway
    happiness +1.6stress +0.8would-trade +1.0pp

fragments