My terminal values include:
1- Happiness
EDIT:
2- Pride (I want to actually be immune to 'The Man' as abstraction to the greatest possible extent- to be able to avoid opression and control by the elites of society as much as possible. Come to think of it, both Freedom and Property come down to this)
3- Social status (Practical- I want a high one relative to those I regularly interact with)
4- Social status (Theoretical- I want as high a social status in society as I can realistically get)
5- Evolution (I want to be evolutionary sucessful, although this is by comparison minor)
I figure that by picking and choosing low-status areas and people I can maximise my practical social status, my theoretical social status by working effectively, my happiness by the usual means, and my desire for property and freedom by choosing effectively where to live. By sperm donation once I've achieved high status, I can achieve evolutionary sucess beyond the wildest dreams of what my distant ancestors could hope for.
People on this site love the idea of spreading our awesome genes through sperm/egg donation, but I wonder how many have tried. I'm sure LWers are above average in brains, but what gene banks wants are largely beauty, height, and flawless family history. As a population I expect we're average or below average in those things.
So if you're tall, handsome, and have no family history of any diseases, congratulations.
My general knowledge and geography is, however, rather poor. There are a few things I want to know about- some general questions, and some things that require at least some rationality to assess.
What I want to avoid:
-Internet censorship
-Laws restricting my ability to 'go about my buisness' (e.g laws in Europe involving intervening in a crisis)
-Weak economies
-Weak property rights (I'd count everywhere where it's illegal to kill a burgular robbing my home- weak meaning weak relative to what I want, admittedly)
-Places of poor employment for whatever profession I go (most likely lawyers).
It's easy to work out where those are the case now- but gaining a decent model of where a country that's nice to live in may exist in the future (i.e no censorship, strong economy, good employment and wages, little interference in my life) is very, very difficult even in the best case scenario. Furthurmore, it's almost certain I can't secure them all.
Does anybody know of any countries where it is likely that over the next two decades or so these standards are at least likely to be well met? I know it's unlikely, but the expected value of posting this is positive and I place a high enough value on finding out that I'm giving it a try.