would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a musician in South Korea

1 stranger working as musician in South Korea have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 8.0 / 10, average stress 7.0 / 10. 54% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 33% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
8.0/ 10
happiness
7.0/ 10
stress
6.9h/ night
sleep
24h/ week
free time
$1,516/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade54%
would not trade33%
unsure13%

64 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • stable4
  • depressing3
  • enviable3
  • meaningful3
  • chaotic2
  • inspiring2

one musician in South Korea 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 musicians in South Korea, 64 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 54% would trade, 33% would not, 13% are unsure.

compared with musicians worldwide, musicians in South Korea are happier by 1.4 points on the 1–10 scale and more stressed by 0.8 points.

compared with everyone else in South Korea, musicians in South Korea are happier by 1.8 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 0.3 points, and more envied by 8 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all musicians globally
    happiness +1.4stress +0.8would-trade +2.0pp
  • vs all lives in South Korea
    happiness +1.8stress +0.3would-trade +8.0pp

fragments