It has been discussed many times why work makes us happy and the most compelling is flow: https://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow?language=en

It has been discussed many times why work makes us happy and the most compelling is flow: https://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow?la... It was also covered in the documentary "Happy". I actually was thinking the article would discuss more in detail this or even just put a citation (he cited Keynes and Marx) but instead it went on a long personal anecdotal comparison after comparison. I also was hoping the author would discuss the developing trend of people working from home and how that relates but.. nope. IMO the article was too long for my liking. A fairly disappointing read.