2025/11/05 by Stefano M. Iacus, Devika Jain, Iacus, Stefano M. +9 · 1 voice
Computer Science · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Applications (stat.AP) #Computation and Language (cs.CL) #Computers and Society (cs.CY) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction #Regional resilience and development #cs.CL #cs.CY #stat.AP
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2511.03915
openalex publication_date 2025/11/05 · arxiv published 2025/11/05 · arxiv updated 2025/11/05 · openalex created_date 2025/11/08 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Quantifying human flourishing, a multidimensional construct including happiness, health, purpose, virtue, relationships, and financial stability, is critical for understanding societal well-being beyond economic indicators. Existing measures often lack fine spatial and temporal resolution. Here we introduce the Human Flourishing Geographic Index (HFGI), derived from analyzing approximately 2.6 billion geolocated U.S. tweets (2013-2023) using fine-tuned large language models to classify expressions across 48 indicators aligned with Harvard's Global Flourishing Study framework plus attitudes towards migration and perception of corruption. The dataset offers monthly and yearly county- and state-level indicators of flourishing-related discourse, validated to confirm that the measures accurately represent the underlying constructs and show expected correlations with established indicators. This resource enables multidisciplinary analyses of well-being, inequality, and social change at unprecedented resolution, offering insights into the dynamics of human flourishing as reflected in social media discourse across the United States over the past decade.