I don't really understand the despair. The only thing I can think of is they somehow have their self-worth tied up in their work. For me, work is merely a way t

I don't really understand the despair. The only thing I can think of is they somehow have their self-worth tied up in their work. For me, work is merely a way to earn money for those things that actually matter to me - family, hobbies, volunteer work, etc. My actual work has no real benefit to society. As long as they keep paying me, I don't really care. That's on them to want me to work on things that fundamentally don't matter.