Changing World and Happiness

Many people nowadays have already achieved an acceptable measure of freedom from hunger and personal safety. Happiness does not equal to is not just/is not equivalent to the satisfaction with material life. As Maslow’s hierarchy of needs defines, the meeting/fulfilling psychological needs, in other words, self-actualization, is the goal of a fulfilled life. A fast changing world allows us to pursue these needs, because it denotes potential revolutions in many fields. filed. Social hierarchy and fixed assets could be broken, as long as you have courage, grit and competence. In the past, a young man without big investments or a great heritage can hardly could rarely/ hardly could change the world and be recognized by the next generation. Nowadays, talented people are able to present their versatility and gain very high achievement. Just two years ago, taxi companies were are the only suppliers for taxis in China. Taxi drivers needed to spend one-year’s salary to obtain a taxi license plate, and hand in nearly half of their income to these companies every month. The owners of this industry are typical representations of Chinese bureaucracy and nepotism. A young salesman founded a startup to challenge these group. Didi Chuxing (literally “Didi Trip”), Uber’s Chinese rival, now is one of the highest valued companies in Asia. With LBS (location based service) technology and personal credit evaluation system, Didi enables private car owners to offer strangers low cost paid rides. With the support of millions of users, it ultimately frees taxi drivers from their subordinate position in Taxi companies, and allow them to start their own business. For the founder, happiness comes from his company's successes. when his company succeeds. For the common people, we gain/experience happiness comes when we receive better services from a more democratic society. No one can deny that, this is the gift of the changing world and modern technology.