Hacking Happiness (46 page)

of smartphones,
45

social ecosystem of,
30

social networks in building,
22

tracking,
21

virtual currency and,
124
,
125

in workplace,
20

24
(television series),
12

Twitter,
xi
,
15
,
112
,
123
,
192

uGooder,
61
–62

United Kingdom,
xiv
,
xxiii
,
xxxii
,
225

United Nations,
xxiii
,
183
,
188
,
201
,
202

Development Programme, National Human Development Reports Unit (HDRO),
215

Resolution 65/309,
219
–20

United States,
xiv
,
xxiii
,
xxxii

attitude toward emotions at work in,
165
–66

GNP versus happiness in,
202

journalism in,
232

language used in tweets in,
218

privacy violations in,
xvi
–xvii

teenagers in,
177
–78

Unlocking the Value of Personal Data: From Collection to Usage
(World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group),
26

Upworthy,
76
,
233
–34

Ura, Karma,
211

Urban planning,
68

USA Today
,
183

“The Value of a Happiness Economy” (Havens),
xxxv
,
180
,
200
–207

Values, value of,
228
–30

van Heyst, Della and Carrie,
230
–32

Ven virtual currency,
124
–25

Verizon,
xxxv
,
203

Veroff, Joseph,
141

VIA Institute on Character,
191

Virtual Air Rights (VARs),
105

Virtual currency,
29
,
111
–26,
194

sample models of,
122
–25

selling personal data for,
29
,
112
–15

social accountability and,
115
–17

social networks as banks for,
117
–29

virtue and,
120
–22

Virtual Currency Schemes
(European Central Bank),
122
–23

Volkswagen, Fun Theory campaign of,
204

“A Volunteer Army of Caregivers,”
121
–22

Waag Society Happiness Lab,
165

Waber, Ben,
178
–79

Wang, Shirley,
xxxii

Wangchuck, Jigme Singye, King of Bhutan,
211

Waring, Marilyn,
xxiv

Wassom, Brian D.,
107

Watercutter, Angela,
81

Wealth,
7
,
133
,
181
,
187
,
209

genuine,
220
–22

measurement of,
161
(
see also
Gross domestic product)

redefinition of,
xiv
,
xv
,
xxxii
,
13
,
49
,
182
,
237

spreading, in economy of regard,
153
,
154

stress and,
139
,
169

well-being versus,
208
,
235

The Wealth of Nations
(Smith),
150

Wearable devices,
4
,
37
–39,
42
,
50
,
69

augmented reality and,
102
,
109

for autistic people,
35
,
37
–38

emotion tracking with,
39

lifelogging with,
173
–74

in workplace,
16
,
108
–9

See also
Google Glass

Webb, Amy,
75
–76

The Weekend Novelist
(Ray),
75

Weight Watchers,
xxxv
,
73
,
130

Weintraub, Karen,
34
–35

Weizenbaum, Joseph,
79
–80

Well-being,
4
,
7
–9,
150
,
161
–70,
182
,
215
,
221
–25

altruism and,
186

avataristic,
4
,
5
,
8
,
12
,
177

balanced,
135
,
202
,
238

and Billion People Project,
230

city planning and,
49

currency of,
154
,
194

emotional,
45
–46,
72
–73

flow and,
176
,
179
,
181

happiness versus,
157
–58,
162

material,
202

maximizing,
151
,
200

metrics of,
47
,
153
,
199
–206,
209
,
216
,
234
(
see also
Gross National Happiness)

OECD focus on,
219
–20

quantified,
4
,
8
,
9
,
64
,
112
,
177

social media as platform for study of,
217
–18

subjective,
xxiv
,
4
,
5
,
177
,
218

wealth versus,
208
,
235

Wellman, Barry,
173
–74

WeMo,
9

We the People,
122

Western Union,
129

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,
134

“What if Your Boss Tracked Your Sleep, Diet, and Exercise?” (Finley),
19

Whole Foods,
206

“Who Owns the Advertising Space in an Augmented Reality World” (Havens),
105

“Why Social Accountability Will Be the New Currency of the Web” (Havens),
14
,
115
–16,
124

Wi-Fi,
3
,
41
,
69
,
78
,
175

Wikipedia,
75
,
151
,
162
,
211

Wilkie, James E. B.,
140

Williams, Nicole,
130
–31

Winblad, Ann,
90

Wing, Mike,
133

Wired
magazine,
xix
,
19
,
50
,
101

Wolf, Gary,
xix
,
50
–51

Wolfram, Stephen,
52

Worgl (Austria),
115
–16,
119
,
124