Happiness in modern society

SO, many of you may think that $$$ = : ).
With many of the advances in technology, life has certainly improved for most people. However, these advances come at the cost of heavier and more stressful workloads, stress from competing with others etc. Many do not like the above and hence, that leads me to think, would we be actually happier than we would have been if we did not have these advances in our lives.
CITED FROM WIKIPEDIA:

 Bhutan balanced modernization with its ancient culture and traditions under the guiding philosophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH). Rampant destruction of the environment has been avoided. The government takes great measures to preserve the nation's traditional culture, identity and the environment. In 2006,Business Week magazine rated Bhutan the happiest country in Asia and the eighth-happiest in the world, citing a global survey conducted by the University of Leicester in 2006 called the "World Map of Happiness".^[8]






Using the extract, we can come to the conclusion that the advances in our lives, do not necessarily mean happiness.


Bhutan may not be a world power like China and the United States, but the people in Bhutan actually have a more 


satisfactory lifestyle than their counterparts in the more advanced countries.