Please drop the hyperbole of your last three sentences. HNers are smart enough to read your words without a classic "but you won't listen anyway". It adds nothi

Please drop the hyperbole of your last three sentences. HNers are smart enough to read your words without a classic "but you won't listen anyway". It adds nothing. Now then. This question of purpose is the same now as it was for the ancient Greeks 2000+ years ago. Not a lot has changed about the human condition, even in the modern age of consumerism. I would implore you to look at how the ancient philosophers viewed their world. This rant could have been written by one of them.