Hm, yeah I also think that 

>religion/spirituality and strong family/community/tribal connections.

Are a very important aspects when looking at the (bad) mental state of the average citizen today, another very interesting topic.

Fabs

Well I don't have much more to add off the top of my head, maybe about the following:

why are so many people rendering their occupation the absolute center of their life?

I reckon that would have to do with the "meaning crisis" which in and of itself stems from the lack of religion/spirituality and strong family/community/tribal connections. In a 

, Hollis said something, paraphrasing Carl Jung:

"People walked off the Medieval Cathedral into the Abyss of the Self."

ideasfromtheedge

Who Can Explain To Me The Point Of Work In The Modern Age?

Well I don't have much more to add off the top of my head, maybe about the following:

> *why are so many people rendering their occupation the absolute center of their life?*

I reckon that would have to do with the "meaning crisis" which in and of itself stems from the lack of religion/spirituality and strong family/community/tribal connections. In a [Huberman Lab podcast with Dr James Hollis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyWC8ZFVxGo), Hollis said something, paraphrasing Carl Jung:

*"People walked off the Medieval Cathedral into the Abyss of the Self."*

Great topic btw 👊