无意间在Quara上刷到一个问题：My friend from Germany says America is not the greatest country in the world. How can I convince him otherwise? 我的德国朋友说美国不是世界上最伟大的国家。我该怎么说服他？
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没想到点进答题区，答主们倒没让人失望！
一位叫Adam Sigrist, ( Adam Sigrist, BA Media Consumption & Binge Watching Netflix, University of Life) 的答主就过来帮忙了。我把他的回答翻译了一下：
“你也许真的能尝试让你的朋友认识到美国是世界上是幸福的国家！很简单就能证明！《世界幸福指数报告》（The World Happiness Report）已经帮你整理好了！2018年世界排名前十的最幸福国家是：
芬兰
挪威
丹麦
冰岛
瑞士
芬兰
加拿大
新西兰
瑞典
澳大利亚
噢，不对。美国并不在前十……看来单从数据上并不能帮你证明，因为2018年米国排名第18.
You could try helping your friend see that America is the happiest country in the world! It’s easy to prove because The World Happiness Report has done the work for you! In 2018, these were the top ten happiest countries:
Finland
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Switzerland
Netherlands
Canada
New Zealand
Sweden
Australia
Oh wait a second. America isn’t in the top ten… So I guess this tactic is not the one for you because if you’re using happiness as a measure America was only rated 18 in 2018.
好吧好吧，我还有个主意！从健康方面！当然美国在健康方面无疑能证明它是世界最伟大的国家！《澎博健康指数》（The Bloomberg Health Index）帮你列出了前十位最健康的国家：
意大利
冰岛
瑞士
新加坡
澳大利亚
西班牙
日本
瑞典
以色列
卢森堡
糟糕，我又来了！美国又不在前10而是排在第34！好吧，重新来捋一下！
Okay okay okay, I have a better idea! Come at it from the perspective of health! Surely America is an incredibly healthy country which should prove how great it is! The Bloomberg Health Index can help you with this one, they ranked the ten healthiest countries as follows:
Italy
Iceland
Switzerland
Singapore
Australia
Spain
Japan
Sweden
Israel
Luxembourg
Oh crap, I did it again. America is nowhere in that top ten because it ranked a whopping 34! Okay, back to the drawing board.
Okay好，还有份《澎博创新指数》（Bloomberg Innovation Index）针对在创新与对公共技术有建树的国家做了排名。2018年技术创新入围前十的有：
韩国
瑞典
新加坡
德国
瑞士
日本
芬兰
丹麦
法国
以色列
我了个去，我老脸已红。还是没能向你证明因为米国又没有入围前十。
Okay, so there’s also the Bloomberg Innovation Index, which ranks the success of a country based on innovation and the concentration of public tech companies. Here’s how they ranked the top ten most innovative countries of 2018.
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South Korea
Sweden
Singapore
Germany
Switzerland
Japan
Finland
Denmark
France
Israel
Oh gosh, is my face red. I’ve failed you once again because this is just one more top ten list without America on it.
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Do you see what I’m getting at here? I love that you love your country, your own personal happiness and sense of fulfillment for being a citizen of a country you love is incredibly important. However, if I were you I wouldn’t bother wasting my time trying to convince non-Americans that America is the greatest country in the world because the facts are just not on your side. Just save yourself the hassle and be content with your own opinion rather than trying to force it on to others.
你现在看出来了吧？对于你深爱着你的国家和对于出生成长的国家的民族自豪感，这一点我非常认同！但是如果我是你的话我不会浪费时间去说服一个非美国人去相信美国是最好的国家因为事实不是你所看到的。所以还是省省吧别浪费精力把自己的观点强加于人了。
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原文答主：https://www.quora.com/profile/Adam-Sigrist
为了更方便阅读，感兴的可以自行下载2019年的报告：
1. The World Happiness Report 2019 https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/
2. Bloomberg Innovation Index 2019 https://www.itinerainstitute.org/en/index/bloomberg-global-health-index/
3. Bloomberg Innovation Index https://i.redd.it/a1i8jzicizb01.png
关于这个问题，不得不提一部非常喜欢的美剧《新闻编辑室》，有兴趣的同鞋可以去找来看看。
我们生活一个多元的世界和多远的文化，也许你眼中的理所当然，在我眼里却是遥不可及。
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