A good percentage (don't know the exact percent) of people in the world work for a company or someone else. I myself work for a big corporation in the pacific northwest. I have wondered several times about the reasons for people holding jobs and doing those jobs for several years. I have talked to a few people in my social circle to understand their motivation and almost all of them said that they would not be doing what they are doing currently if they could afford it. Simply said, everyone was in it for economic reasons.
Assuming that is the case for the majority of the folks on the planet, it is fascinating that the human race has created a civilization that is effective in keeping people busy in just living their life. This is an important aspect atleast in my mind since if humans had plenty of time on their hands, it is not guaranteed that they will put it to productive use. Like the old saying goes "an idle mind is devil's workshop".
So, that brings us to some of the questions about the human race itself - is this whole modern civilization just a sham that man has created that imprisoned the human race? Is the mechanical nature (for most people) of the worklife taking away the natural instincts and driving the evolution in a different path from the past?
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