Abstract:

"The kingdom of Bhutan is choosing to travel on a path not based on economics. 'We are not interested in gross national product, but in gross national happiness,' is the doctrine of the young king. His unorthodox approach is a serious attempt to question the values of unbridled economic progress. But the nation is not anti-technology. They want to modernize, but on their own terms. A giggling family gathers for their first taste of television. Smiling triumphantly, a Buddhist monk explains that as life is illusion, TV must be an illusion of an illusion."