I think many people are struggling with the same issues independently, all across society. This is equally true right now as it is in other times. Perhaps ther

I think many people are struggling with the same issues independently, all across society. This is equally true right now as it is in other times. Perhaps there are many who have identified the problem without settling on a satisfying solution. In these cases the context is already (painfully) familiar and the main insight will be the path forward out of their malaise. What you say is true for those who have never even grappled with the question, but I assume HN harbors folks who like to analyze inefficiencies in their lives, so I'd expect most of those here who already have reading lists to have contended with this problem and at least attempted to search for solutions in the past.