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> The reality is most people are unhappy with their lives (at times) and always have been and only a small percentage are seriously unwell. If you ask me most
by projektir 8y ago
> The reality is most people are unhappy with their lives (at times) and always have been and only a small percentage are seriously unwell.
If you ask me most people being unhappy with their lives is a problem.
- mirimir 8y agoIsn't that rather a symptom of modern society? As others have noted. Still, it's certainly not that modern society is horrible. Far more people (especially in "developed" countries) live far better lives (materially, anyway) than at any time before. But maybe what's missing is meaning. Family and other social connections. Like "Why am I doing this?" Maybe it's just an unavoidable consequence of the extreme specialization of labor in modern society. And that there are many important jobs that just aren't much fun. Or at least, aren't acknowledged or rewarded well enough. Don't come with enough status.
- projektir 8y agoWhy would this be a modern phenomenon? Nothing I've read of history leads me to believe this is a modern phenomenon. People in the modern world just have more of a voice.
- mirimir 8y agoI guess. So have people always hated their jobs? Maybe so. Even hunter-gatherers probably complain about needing to hunt and gather all the time.