The Happiness Index™

Mandated joy is a beautiful cage. A near-future Bhutan weaponizes the H-Index to optimize away sorrow until a foreign journalist cracks the market for grief and memory.

Reframes “wellness” as governance, turning metrics into theology and grief into contraband. Destabilizes surveillance-capital logics by making emotional data the new border, then monetizes resistance through memory as currency. Harmonizes premium thriller spectacle with cultural critique to travel across limited series, anthology index-zones, and a feature capstone. Positions as streamer-grade signature IP with high aesthetic distinctiveness and global co-pro leverage.