Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad?

“The best-educated and highest-earning Americans, who can have whatever they want, have chosen the office for the same reason that devout Christians attend church on Sundays: It’s where they feel most themselves.”

Tech companies sold work as a calling because a calling is cheaper than a raise. Now the same companies are automating away the collaborative middle of the job that gave people that sense of purpose. The workers who bought in get the layoff and the identity crisis at the same time.