Alternative explanation: maybe our medical classification changed the label for something the ancient greeks found valuable, leading to a semantic slide (ataraxia => anhedonia => depression) as it is no longer appropriate in the current society for whatever reason.
Maybe people feel better when their are busybodies because culture/media feeds the message they should be unhappy if they don't do something or help others. Maybe society couldn't function if most people felt no desire to have kids or work besides the minimum required for shelter and subsistence.
The post below yours at the moment calls for having a kid, which is both taking a responsibility and according to most parents the equivalent of finding a greater purpose that yourself.
It strikes me also as very convenient bargain for a society that couldn't function if the population and the economy was always shrinking.
Do you really think most people would bother waking up to go to work if they had no kids but a place of dwelling and food on the table (say through UBI or anything)? The creative hackers, maybe, but I think most people would find videogames and drinking with friend quite sufficient.
The post pandemic will be a great experiment to check if the price elasticity of work has been permanently altered by a few weeks of isolation, and reflection.
Strictly speaking it didn't matter much what people wanted back then. Babies happened regardless. Women had very little say in whether they had babies. Family planning is very new.
Maybe people feel better when their are busybodies because culture/media feeds the message they should be unhappy if they don't do something or help others. Maybe society couldn't function if most people felt no desire to have kids or work besides the minimum required for shelter and subsistence.
The post below yours at the moment calls for having a kid, which is both taking a responsibility and according to most parents the equivalent of finding a greater purpose that yourself.
It strikes me also as very convenient bargain for a society that couldn't function if the population and the economy was always shrinking.
Do you really think most people would bother waking up to go to work if they had no kids but a place of dwelling and food on the table (say through UBI or anything)? The creative hackers, maybe, but I think most people would find videogames and drinking with friend quite sufficient.
The post pandemic will be a great experiment to check if the price elasticity of work has been permanently altered by a few weeks of isolation, and reflection.