Metropole - October 2017

QUOTES, STATS & NUMBERS

SOURCE: KARLSPLATZ PASSAGE / PI ART PROJECT - SORA INSTITUTE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 13, 13:

ILLUSTRATIONS: SHUTTERSTOCK, INFOGRAPHICS: KARIN DREHER

SOURCE: DELOITTE MILLENNIAL SURVEY 2017, SEPTEMBER 2017

Teachers, who educate

children, deserve more honor

than parents, who merely gave

them birth; for the latter

provided mere life, while the

former ensure a good life.

Aristotle (384 BC–322 BC),

Greek philosopher

The Stoics thought the first

step in transforming a society

into one in which people live

a good life is to teach people

how to make their happiness

depend as little as possible on

their external circumstances.

William B. Irvine (b. 1952), American

professor of philosophy, Wright State

University, in A Guide to the Good Life —

The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (2008)

What is the happy life?

It is peace of mind, and

lasting tranquility.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4BC-65AD),

Roman philosopher and poet, in On the

Happy Life, Letter XCII

The good life is one inspired by

love and guided by knowledge.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), British

philosopher, in What I Believe (1925)

The chief requirement of the

good life is that one should

have some conception of

one’s capacities.

Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), Anglo-Irish

novelist and philosopher, in The Bell (1958)

The good life is a process, not

a state of being. It is a direction

not a destination.

Carl Ransom Rogers (1902-1987),

American psychologist, in On Becoming a

Person (1961)

I lived what most people call

the good life. I was happy,

but deep inside I always felt

that, with the short amount of

time we are given to live and

love in this world, we spend too

much time loving things

instead of people.

Antonia Brenner (1926-2013), American

Roman Catholic Sister who chose to care for

inmates at the maximum security La Mesa

Prison in Tijuana, Mexico

AUSTRIANS HAPPY WITH THEIR JOB

3,521,

(84% of total employed people)

THE JOYS OF LIFE

What has made life worthwhile for the

Viennese in 2017 so far?

THE GOOD LIFE FOR THE WORLD’S MILLENNIALS?

VIENNA, SINCE JANUARY 1

devoured schnitzel

15,991,

borrowed books

8,487,

newly in love

372,

MILLENNIALS EXPECTING TO BE

BETTER OFF THAN PARENTS

EMERGING

MARKETS

MATURE

MARKETS

The U.S. is the only mature market where a majority of millennials expect to be better off than their parents,

whereas the balance of millennials in France, Japan, Belgium, South Korea, Italy, and Switzerland expect to be worse off. As

regards emotional well-being, in only 11 of the 30 countries covered does a majority expect to be “happier” than their parents.

The perception that the previous generation enjoyed happier times is held

most strongly in Japan, South Korea, and countries in mainland Europe.

Millennials in India, Colombia, China, Peru, the Philippines, and Indonesia

are most convinced that they will be happier than their parents.

FINANCIALLY

71%

FINANCIALLY

36%

EMOTIONALLY

62%

EMOTIONALLY

31%