More doesn’t equal better

According to the title of this graph recently featured in the Economist, less = worse, and more = better. This, however, is just a fallacy — and it’s damaging policy

All too often, concepts — usually very flawed concepts — go undisputed. For example, we assume that a longer life has an inherent value, or that more university-goers is automatically a good thing. Some of these obsessions are automatic, borne of the natural human condition, but others are impressed upon us by politicians who manipulate the media and the news cycles.