Thus, it would be premature to base bold new policies on happiness research alone, or to follow the example of tiny Bhutan by adopting Gross National Happiness as the nation’s principal goal. Yet the findings may be useful to lawmakers even today – for example, in assigning priorities among several plausible initiatives, or in identifying new possibilities for policy interventions that deserve further study.
因此单纯依靠对幸福感的调查来制定新政策，或者将小国不丹的国民幸福指数作为国家的首要目标都是不成熟的做法。但这些发现或许会对当今的政策制定者有所裨益——比如有助于确立一系列法案的先后次序，或者确定哪些政策介入的新可能性需要进一步研究。