The frame of thought I use to think about this is that evolution simply gave humans a brain that is far too big. We cannot help but tinker with things, think ab

The frame of thought I use to think about this is that evolution simply gave humans a brain that is far too big. We cannot help but tinker with things, think about things like science or philosophy etc. Its not whether the steam engine made us happier. It's that the steam engine is the result of a species bored out of its wits and needing something intellectually engaging to do.