The Shiny Syndrome

A lot of us have what we call is “The Shiny Syndrome” where we look at a shiny object and are gradually attracted towards it, after a few years we get bored and look towards a new “Shiny” thing.

Factor this – The US/UK/Japan/Chinese economy grew by leaps and bounds when they almost embraced Capitalism as the way to move forward, and in our efforts to actually not be left behind in the race we have tried blindly ape their models in order to achieve greater growth and an increased level of “satisfaction”. My question is have they reached the desired levels of satisfaction?

The basic ingredients of happiness of the “masses” does not lie in “owning the latest version of the iphone” “earning an obscene amount of money”, or “Having a horde of skimpily clad models hang around you”, but the basic components like accessible medical aid, good education, healthy food, shelter, safety, and a social system that actually reciprocates the amount of efforts that you put in to make the system work.

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