Human civilization has come far from the days where we had chronic shortages of food, clothes and other basic neccessities. Thanks to technological advances and worldwide commerce, today, we have a wide variety of choices for anything we want- food, clothes, cars, houses, jewellery etc. Some people say that these excessive choices are vulgar. But, I feel that having a wide variety to choose from, is good and is an indication of growth. In the following paragraphs, I will qualify my viewpoint with facts and figures.