To be happy, most people need a map to where happiness lies and a sense that they're in the right place on that map. Insomuch as the only map most people now h

To be happy, most people need a map to where happiness lies and a sense that they're in the right place on that map. Insomuch as the only map most people now have points towards upper middle class consumerism, with a big house of their own, a well-stamped passport, and an enjoyable career that isn't too pressured, of course most people are going to be unhappy. If we ever might pave a wide highway to that as a society, we're centuries away from doing so, not years. It's not a good map for current generations. Without sacrificing the positives of secularism and liberal ideals of mutual respect and equal opportunity, we urgently need to figure out a new way to give people more reasonable maps about where they can find happiness without the consumer luxuries they'll probably not be able to have.