Lockdown lessons Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner on how to make use of staying at home
Blue Zones founder and National Geographic explorer Dan Buettner. Photo by David McLain/National Geographic National Geographic explorer Dan Buettner has spent the last 17 years researching the places in the world where people live the longest and experience the most happiness. The United States of America is neither. Americans’ lifespans are on average four years less than countries with comparable wealth, 78 years compared to 82 (the Japanese, at 84, live the longest). After three straight years of decline, Americans now have the lowest life expectancy at birth among all large and wealthy countries. The U.S. has likewise experienced three straight years of decline in reported levels of happiness and is now the unhappiest it has been since Gallup began compiling its World Happiness Report in 2012. “By most accounts, Americans should be happier now than ever,” wrote Jean M. Twenge, one of the report’s co-authors. “The violent crime rate is low, as is the unemployment rate. Income per capita has steadily grown over the last few decades.” Buettner believes that the forced slowdown Americans are currently experiencing as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity to…
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