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Featured · GPTM
The Happytalist Alternative — GPTM View 9
From GDP to Gross Global Happiness — the economic and civilizational operating system the GPTM's data makes not only possible, but necessary.
July 20, 2026
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10 Billion Happy — The Roadmap — GPTM View 10
The 25-year path from Shadow to Fundamental Peace to Flourishing — the delivery architecture, the metrics, and the invitation for every reader.
July 20, 2026
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The Hidden Pain of the United States — GPTM View 1
How the wealthiest nation on Earth carries some of the deepest invisible wounds — and how a few actors sustain a system of suffering through militarism, dominance and disconnection.
July 20, 2026
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Africa's Hidden Strength — GPTM View 2
Why the continent with the highest structural suffering scores the lowest existential suffering on Earth — and what Ubuntu, ancestry and communal life teach the wealthiest nations.
July 20, 2026
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The Somatic Scream — GPTM View 3
The body as battlefield — and how 25+ altered-states-of-consciousness modalities are producing measurable, low-cost, low-side-effect healing across D6.
July 20, 2026
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The Loneliness Architecture — GPTM View 4
How civilization engineered the destruction of belonging — the built environment, the labor system and the screen economy that turned social mammals into isolated units.
July 20, 2026
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The Meaning Crisis — GPTM View 5
Why the rich are spiritually poor — the inverse wealth-meaning correlation and the four generators of existential coherence that no market can manufacture.
July 20, 2026
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The Violence Machine — GPTM View 6
Who profits from $16.5 trillion in annual suffering — and how militarism, incarceration and structural violence feed all seven GPTM domains simultaneously.
July 20, 2026
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The Consciousness Gap — GPTM View 7
Why Plum Village ($0 GDP) outperforms Luxembourg ($125K GDP) on the GPTM — and what the neuroscience of contemplative practice reveals about flourishing.
July 20, 2026
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The Integration Effect — GPTM View 8
Why partial interventions produce partial results — the cascade map that shows which domains, when addressed first, produce the greatest downstream improvement across the other six.
July 20, 2026
Meta Pets
Meta Pets World is here — the app is live
A 30-day cosmic practice with 64 allies, Felicia the Luminary Whisper, and the FP20 path back to fundamental peace. Free on iPhone, Android and the web.
July 19, 2026
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A World Happiness Foundation Analysis of the UN High-Level Expert Group Report on Beyond GDP
The Compass and the Shadow Map A World Happiness Foundation Analysis of the UN High-Level Expert Group Report on Beyond GDP Prof. Luis Miguel Gallardo · Founder & President, World Happiness Foundation (UN ECOSOC consultative status) Reference: Counting What Counts — A Compass of Progress for People
July 13, 2026
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