> they worked to live out their other activities, instead of living to work. I'm from Europe, and I agree. Not everyone, but most people look at a job as just

> they worked to live out their other activities, instead of living to work. I'm from Europe, and I agree. Not everyone, but most people look at a job as just a means to a salary, regardless of what they do. But I'm actually critical of this mindset: if you see things that way, then you are spending a great amount of your time doing something 'because you have to', slogging through the work day just to get to the stuff you like to do. I know I'm generalizing, but I perceive Americans as more intense workers than Europeans. Maybe it's worse for their health, but look at what it's done to the world: space travel, computers, the internet, smartphones: all things that dominate the world (and are ultimately good, even though they have bad sides) and were made / greatly developed in America. So hyper-capitalism isn't all that bad :)