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Common People Today Enjoy More Luxuries Than Sultans did!

"There is enough on Earth to satisfy every man's need, but not enough to satisfy even one man's greed." We need to keep this thought at the centre-pinning -- the hub around which we build our lives. We are historically in a period when wants and comforts are confused with needs. Thanks to many decades of relentless industrial development and advertising, our psychology and culture is one of Endless Consumption and Insatiability. Please let us take perspective: Each modern middle-class individual enjoys the level of comfort that was not available even to kings and aristocrats less than one century earlier. What do we take for granted today? Instant atmosphere-modification Instant personalized communication Rapid personalized transportation Endless variety of entertainment options Endless variety of foods and beverages Endless supply and variety of clothing & personal possessions Elimination of need for manual labour and repetitive task...