Yes. And its our collective fault. Capitalism and democracy are arguably the best collective system for living together that humanity has implemented. On a theo

Yes. And its our collective fault. Capitalism and democracy are arguably the best collective system for living together that humanity has implemented. On a theoretical level, this is wholly up for debate, but in a practical sense, I believe this to be true. This has directly led to consumerism, the rise of the individual, and specialization. Follow that path, and you need to work. Or at least the typical person does. The dream of many is that work == something they want to do (so much so that it hardly feels like work in the strictest form), but I put forth that inevitably, as a person changes, they find it difficult to step away from their area of expertise (gained from years of specialization) and inevitably, for most, it truly becomes work. Disclaimer: this is a first world question (and answer)