The peculiar predicament of the present-day self surely came to pass as a consequence of the disappointment of the high expectations of the self as it entered the age of science and technology. Dazzled by the overwhelming credentials of science, the beauty and elegance of the scientific method, the triumph of modern medicine over physical ailments, and the technological transformation of the very world itself, the self finds itself in the end disappointed by the failure of science and technique in those very sectors of life which had been its main source of ordinary satisfaction in past ages....
Work is disappointing. In spite of all the talk about making work more creative and self-fulfilling, most people hate their jobs, and with good reason. Most work in modern technological societies is intolerably dull and repetitive.
That is true although I think we can attribute the part about people hating their jobs to the system we are mired in. While science and technology advanced, our system is still mired in a mindset from a few hundred years ago.
The economy is based upon scarcity, hence we operate from a maximize profit perspective. At the same time, there are many who still espouse the "Protestant' work ethic. After all, if you are not working hard, you are not worthy. Leisure is something we seem to afford to only a small class of people. Everyone else is just lazy.
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