People in both the Netherlands and Switzerland are provided healthcare and education, since both are socially-minded European countries. If Iceland is on top, the show also visits Bulgaria, which ranks low on happiness, Wilson explains that the country’s long history of being subjugated - by Ottomans, Nazis and Soviets - has led to mistrust in government and strangers. In the book The Geography of Bliss from Eric Weiner, through the first four chapters Weiner visits the Netherlands, Switzerland, Bhutan and Qatar to discover the factors that makes these countries happy. As you know, nowadays the popular media and many social scientists are fond of ranking different nations with respect to their overall. “In the current environment and the Instagram-ification of American life, everyone looks happy and well-curated and in awesome locations and coping perfectly. Eric Weiner's The Geography of Bliss is a wonderful book. “It’s super-important to share your struggle,” he says. It was key for him to acknowledge that to fans and viewers. Wilson starts the series by revealing on camera that he comes from unhappy family, has battled depression starting in his teens and has anxiety disorder. “And he is a very thoughtful, very curious, actually very serious guy, the way a lot of comedians and comedic actors are.” And I thought, ‘Oh, no, really?’ But then I quickly discovered that Rainn Wilson is not Dwight, and I’ve had a chance to get to know him a bit,” says Weiner. The series is based on The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World, a book by Eric Weiner, a former NPR international correspondent who admits he was a little nervous when Wilson first came on board. “He was Dwight from ‘The Office’ - goofy, funny Dwight.
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