> I know you strongly believe everything we have invented in the modern world makes us happier It also raises our threshold for happiness in the long term, and

> I know you strongly believe everything we have invented in the modern world makes us happier It also raises our threshold for happiness in the long term, and we spend more and more of our time working to sustain that. It's kind of like a never ending drug addiction. I'm not surprised to hear people living simpler lives appear happier.