Twenty years ago, when Market Leader started, only birds tweeted, we didn't share our happiest moments with the world through social media and we couldn't bark orders at Alexa for whatever tickled our fancy. Fangs were nasty things that dangerous animals sank into their prey, not monopolistic tax-dodging multinationals who follow our every movement – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google.
Yes, but are we happier now that our desires can be so quickly and easily satisfied by our devices?
If you listen to Ruby Wax on this subject (and I have been mesmerised by her twice recently at...