Department for Wellbeing & Happiness
What would happen if the British Government valued citizen life satisfaction as much as economics? By equipping citizens with the instruments and services necessary to monitor all aspects of their lives, the Department for Wellbeing & Happiness offers citizens the opportunity to take control over life's uncertainties. It also allows the Government to assist citizens mental development, increasing happiness, improving productivity and thus the economy and society as a whole.
The original 2010 website with the projects thesis and detail can be found
The Department created several polices which they have outlined as;
- promotion of satisfying sex as healthy and positive for wellbeing
- promoting charity and face to face giving
- assisting those in life situations considered damaging to life satisfaction, such as the unemployed.
The Back2Work kit is a Government response to a problem concerning the life dissatisfaction of the unemployed. The 'Business Bib' is a tool for employment simulation. Its role is to manipulate the user to believe that they are actively engaged in employment, this being one route to maintaining positive wellbeing. The user achieves this by emulating the work environment and practicing works skills within a domestic setting.
Sexual health shouldn't just be about disease avoidance – satisfying sex is good for wellbeing. The Love Trainer is a device that allows users to monitor and improve their sexual activity with the end result of improving their wellbeing.
SwipeAid is both a system for facilitating efficient charitable donation and a satire of life in a cashless society.