While I believe this to be true, I also think that the happiness needed to move forward in life cannot be acquired with a pill, but must be earned through good experiences. If it were possible to achieve happiness simply by taking a pill, then people might lose all motivation to work hard and move forward in their lives. A happy pill could create laziness and a sense of entitlement, which in turn would harm our society instead of helping it. Ravilious explains that happiness is a necessary component of one's well-being and is also necessary for a nation to prosper (Ravilious, The Recipe for Success). By making all this happiness artificial, given by a pill, I don't think the result would be the same. For a nation to prosper, happiness should be earned and acquired naturally