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Looking at the comforts-happiness relationship, we know that one can be as well-off as is possible when one has the basic comforts of life. Then the cause of discontent is the thought: 'I can have more', and availability of ways to act on that thought. The pursuit of 'more' sure gets one short-term spikes in happiness, but the process (of constantly acquiring 'more') gradually makes life complex, until finally one looks at the village and sees that one is no happier than those simple people. It would be tragic if one is incapable of living without the constant 'fix' of 'more'.