Dave Vanness
@djvanness.bsky.social
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Economist. Health policy and decision-making methods. Advocate for high quality, affordable #HigherEd. Georgetown & UW-Madison alum. These are my personal views and not those of my employer. orcid.org/0000-0002-9790-2988
![From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A hedonometer or hedonimeter is a device used to gauge happiness or pleasure. Conceived of at least as early as 1880,[1] the term was used in 1881 by the economist Francis Ysidro Edgeworth to describe "an ideally perfect instrument, a psychophysical machine, continually registering the height of pleasure experienced by an individual."[2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wz6j4wochandiwjj54eh37lb/bafkreigldopuqvdbifhwfkuqr5p3r4uayxxwilsemmxd3pjefrnf5gxcvm)
