But people adjust to new stuff, so it doesn't contribute much to their happiness. But psychological things like lack of economic security,haviong time to be with yur kids and friends, being treated as shit at you're job, and you're relative wealth and status are what matter to humans.

Things like security, power, status and time(freedom) were always at the core of what it meant to be rich.

But do are new technological societies offer more of those things ? i'm not sure.