The elephant in this argument is that "work" means many different things to many different people. Some people actually do like their jobs and don't feel that "

The elephant in this argument is that "work" means many different things to many different people. Some people actually do like their jobs and don't feel that "working" 40 or 80 or 100 hours means anything good or bad to them. As an adult, I do feel more accomplished now, but definitely not as fulfilled (and in turn, not as happy) with my career. This is not because I lack recognition, pay, or a cool project - but because day in and day out I’m forced by society to meander with the horrible details of doing business (“going to work”) that what I actually like to do, solving tough problems via technology, is so buried underneath it all that it makes it feel that most of the effort of my life and career has been based mostly around non-sense. There have been golden nuggets of experience and wisdom to cherish here and there, yes, but mostly it’s all been non-sense. In essence, working is not the problem – but what and how we do it is what is broken. I’ve always believed this is a problem that needs to be broken down into its more immediate and solvable root causes: monotony, disinterest (lack of learning or doing), no autonomy (middle management can and should be automated by machines), time and money lost commuting, etc. Everything about modern-day work life violates all the aspects of human nature we all instinctively hold dear. But what do you expect from a system born out of the industrial revolution? It’s like we moved on to being a service-based economy, where the machines handle all the dirty work, but we never thought of evolving the workday and educational systems that support it. A new world requires new ideas, not old shoehorned ones that keep proving time and time again how broken society is. Minimum wage, for example. I believe people should only do in life what they actually want to do, not what they have to do because of money and quality of life issues. Humanity needs to be outside enjoying the abstract universe that surrounds us. Non-sense? Maybe, but striving for ideals and perfection is also in our nature.