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Thank you, likewise.

Idk if you know this book but I highly recommend it: https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Theory-Everything-Search-Better/dp/0062316559/ref=sr\_1\_1?keywords=nordic+theory+of+everything&qid=1653901002&sprefix=nordic+th%2Caps%2C58&sr=8-1

Postasin tämän jo rFinlandiin mutta laitetaan tännekin, koska lukijamäärä on suurempi.

Tein kyseisen kartan eilen r/Europessa olleen postin sekä oman aiemman karttani motivoimana.

Data täältä. Eurokartta täällä.

Submission statementiksi kelvannee vieläkin edellisessä ketjussa kirjottamani aloitus:

> Konteksti: Suomessa puhutaan paljon koulutuksen laadusta, ja vaikka usein fokus onkin peruskoulutuksessa, myös yliopistojen laadusta ollaan huolissaan. Ranking-listoja katsomalla on helppo tulla johtopäätökseen, että koska meillä on suunnilleen 1 yliopisto top 100:ssa ja 1-2 muuta top 200:ssa, menee todella huonosti. Suomella on kuitenkin kokoonsa nähden todella suuri määrä yliopistoja ylipäätään näillä ranking-listoilla, ja tästä voinee vetää johtopäätöksen että keskimäärin yliopistojen laatu on maailmanlaatuisestikin erittäin hyvä.

> Yhden yliopiston pääseminen top 10:een tai edes 50:een on lähestulkoon mahdoton tehtävä Suomen kokoiselle maalle, jossa ei vain millään ole tarpeeksi väkeä jotta henkilöstöön voidaan palkata pelkkiä tähtiä, eikä meillä ole millään tarpeeksi resursseja (eli rahaa) myöskään rekrytoida isoa määrää huippuosaajia maailmalta, etenkin kun Suomi noin muuten on melko syrjässä, kylmä, pimeä, ja kielikin on hankala. Kaiken kaikkiaan tämä kuvan saavutus on siis loistava. ~~Kartalla Irlanti ja Suomi ovat ainoita joilla on enemmän kuin 2 yliopistoa listalla - täten on pienempi todennäköisyys että kyse on pelkästään pienen maan satunnaishajonnasta.~~

Suomalaisten huippuyliopistojen puutteesta löytyy keskustelua Quorasta Vauva.fi:hin. Myös mm. Anu Partasen loistavassa kirjassa puhutaan, että vaikka koulujärjestelmä onkin hyvä niin yliopistojen laatu on vähän niin ja näin.

Skarpattavaa ehdottomasti on. Esimerkiksi vaikka Irlannilla on Suomea vähemmän yliopistoja top 500:ssa, top 250:ssä tilanne onkin päinvastainen. Samaten Alankomaat vaikuttavat aika keskikastilaisilta top 500-listalla, mutta yhtä lukuunottamatta kaikki heidän top 500 yliopistonsa ovat myös top 250:ssa. Toki mittareiden laadusta, Englantikeskeisestä julkaisukulttuurista, rahoituksen määrästä yms voi olla montaa mieltä.

LOL. "I don't use Google because it's biased, so I'll just link to Wikipedia in 2021." But let's take it for granted because I want to point out that what you're claiming isn't talked about in that section. You may want to link to another section then, given the benefit of the doubt. If you search for the term "peace" you only get her beliefs and intent, not an actual study.

>why is this good in an age of increased individualism? less violence, wars, and more happiness.

There's no relationship between individualism as a concept and a reduction in violence. There's certainly no correlation between that and happiness given trends we're seeing in the increase in suicide, hopelessness, and depression.

This study lays it out better: we seek independence but this affects our interpersonal relationships. We want relationships with people but not dependence. The problem is that's what meaningful relationships are and always have been. As we go on, especially online, our bonds are easily broken (people stop responding, move to another area, work at a job for a few years and not their life). The idea that we're happier is also false. Suicide, depression, and anxiety are on the rise and like never before (one source, second source). Suicide is now a leading cause of death.

Individualism isn't the only system that gives us individuals or recognizes people as individuals. That's as stupid as thinking communism is the only system where people had communities or thinking Republicans actually want a republic. Individualism is a system where the individual is placed above its own group, but you can't achieve that in modern education unless you do 1-on-1. But that's still part of a group in the end. The book The Nordic Theory of Everything gives a detailed account early education and the differences between the US and Finland, where the US (and other countries) emphasize academic success but Finland doesn't. You can find other testaments to life in other places as well and reference those to standardized results. They emphasize kids being kids and playing. As someone who's lived in a Nordic country, they're right. And the standards across math and language aren't worse for it. The idea that kids need to be individuals stands against kids being kids because kids are so primed to be impressed upon that they're the least to be individualistic.

Or should I quote whatever part of Wikipedia I want going forward as a legitimate source? Because that makes it easier for me LOL

Take a look at The Nordic Theory of Everything by Anu Partanen

>A Finnish journalist, now a naturalized American citizen, asks Americans to draw on elements of the Nordic way of life to nurture a fairer, happier, more secure, and less stressful society for themselves and their children.

>Moving to America in 2008, Finnish journalist Anu Partanen quickly went from confident, successful professional to wary, self-doubting mess. She found that navigating the basics of everyday life—from buying a cell phone and filing taxes to education and childcare—was much more complicated and stressful than anything she encountered in her homeland. At first, she attributed her crippling anxiety to the difficulty of adapting to a freewheeling new culture. But as she got to know Americans better, she discovered they shared her deep apprehension. To understand why life is so different in the U.S. and Finland, Partanen began to look closely at both.

>In The Nordic Theory of Everything, Partanen compares and contrasts life in the United States with life in the Nordic region, focusing on four key relationships—parents and children, men and women, employees and employers, and government and citizens. She debunks criticism that Nordic countries are socialist “nanny states,” revealing instead that it is we Americans who are far more enmeshed in unhealthy dependencies than we realize. As Partanen explains step by step, the Nordic approach allows citizens to enjoy more individual freedom and independence than we do.

>Partanen wants to open Americans’ eyes to how much better things can be—to show her beloved new country what it can learn from her homeland to reinvigorate and fulfill the promise of the American dream—to provide the opportunity to live a healthy, safe, economically secure, upwardly mobile life for everyone. Offering insights, advice, and solutions, The Nordic Theory of Everything makes a convincing argument that we can rebuild our society, rekindle our optimism, and restore true freedom to our relationships and lives.

Yeah, Finland fought 2 wars to kick the USSR out. They stood for capitalism.

https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Theory-Everything-Search-Better/dp/0062316559

Suomi treat parents very well! Parents have long parental leaves.

Kela send parents a gift box and help them with daycare.

A US news channel interviewed a Finnish parent before and made a video, if you have not watched it.

I read a book called "The Nordic Theory of Everything" and learned a lot about Finland and other Nordic countries

If you want the "American Dream", move to northern Europe...

https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Theory-Everything-Search-Better/dp/0062316559

Barátom megnézte ezt a doc filmet és most ezt olvassa :D https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Theory-Everything-Search-Better/dp/0062316559?asin=0062316559&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1