What, Ireland ?! Yep, according to Simon Anholt, who’s spent the past two years compiling an index to determine which of the 125 countries do the most good. Even though it does not really rank that good in terms of security and “greenness”, Ireland takes the top spot, followed closely by Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. As a matter of fact, New Zealand is the single non-European country in the top 10. But how does this index work? “I wanted to know why people admire Country A and not Country B,” Anholt said in a phone interview before he unveiled the full Index at the TEDSalon in Berlin on Monday, June 23. “To cut a long story short, I discovered the thing people most admired is the perception that a country is good. That turned out to be much more important than the perception they’re rich or beautiful or powerful or modern or anything like that. So then I wanted to know which countries are perceived to contribute the most to humanity... and which countries actually are good.” Read more at zmescience/science/anthropology/countries-most-good-planet-26052014/#RtXpeLfOwg5X4eAd.99
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:01:09 +0000
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