Right. The family is your moral priority, not your career. But people are selfish. They will sacrifice their families for their careers when the two are in conf

Right. The family is your moral priority, not your career. But people are selfish. They will sacrifice their families for their careers when the two are in conflict. Divorces ensue, estranged children that are poorly adjusted. Actually, all this mostly started with the industrial revolution. Before then, work usually took place in and around the home for most people. Both men and women worked. But with the industrial revolution, fathers were torn from the home and forced to go off and labor in the factories. I hope that COVID finally destroys this stupid modern tradition for occupations where it is possible to do so. Besides, if all you know and do is your career, then you're a pretty boring fellow. Human beings don't just eat and shit. They do other things as well. Culture needs leisure[0]. The world of "total work" is not a good one. And generally, it is a sign of latent nihilism. If you cannot put work to the side and take care of the other important stuff you're neglecting, then you are probably using work as something to avoid uncomfortable realizations. Work becomes an opiate. You're no longer thinking in terms of what is objectively good, but what you find subjectively pleasing. The two need not be at odds, but they can be when you subordinate the truth to your desires instead of subordinating your desires to the truth. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/767958.Leisure https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/767958.Leisure