> People need work to feel fulfilled. While you're likely to get skewered for this line, I think it's because of a mismatch in vocabulary that is being ignored

> People need work to feel fulfilled. While you're likely to get skewered for this line, I think it's because of a mismatch in vocabulary that is being ignored. The "work" in antiwork is usually referring to paid employment, but it seems that you're using it more akin to fulfilling accomplishment. I agree with you on the whole that people need to feel that they are making a positive impact on their surroundings to feel satisfaction. Maybe that comes from paid employment, or volunteer work, or hobbies, or social interactions. A street preacher, a stay at home parent, an ancient cave painter, a bricklayer, and a software architect might all feel equally satisfied by their work, irrespective of the value placed on that work by their society. In fact, I would argue that the (professed) goals of antiwork are aligned with your view -- people should be free to pursue the work they personally find the most fulfilling, rather than the most profitable.