That you need work is kind of tautological: work is some kind of struggle that you have to go through in order to achieve some end. When work becomes either a

That you need work is kind of tautological: work is some kind of struggle that you have to go through in order to achieve some end. When work becomes either a non-struggle or optional is also when it stops being work. But it’s quite the claim to say that work is a psychological need. Think what work is for most people. Work for most people consists of providing surplus value to the owners of whatever organization that they work for. That is what work is in economic terms. Where is your Maslow now? But people like this author—although perhaps not him in particular—have to give some lip service to show fealty to the concept of Loving Work in case some potential employer or whatever other person-with-networking-potential stumbles upon his blog. (We have careers to maintain…)