Join Pria Viswalingam in this six-part series as he considers whether we are now completely bogged down in a mire of meaningless self-indulgence, and whether we do really need iPods, plasma screen TVs, Brazilian waxes and self-navigating 4WDs to achieve happiness. Pria also reflects on how Western modern life was viewed by the East when he was growing up in Asia, and how this has changed over the last several decades, by focusing on the elements of money, sex, democracy, education, family and God.—Naomi Eddy