Before cultivating talent in an individual, there must be a willingness to make an effort and the opportunity to do so. If either of these two conditions are missing, the result will be existential frustration.
We should expect to find rampant escapism in a society where individuals lack the will to do something worthwhile and where the social milieu fails to provide opportunities for creative, useful work.
In fact, you do not need to be a close observer of American society to discover that most people are bored stiff. Most see work as a biblical curse, a necessary evil.
Even when people are not working, they are still very busy trying to forget how miserable they are. If they experience happiness at all, it is in its negative and ephemeral form as when you experience pleasure from the cessation of pain.
It is not likely that the capitalist system will conform to our wish for meaningful work anytime soon. The good news is that you do not have to wait for a utopian society to arrive at your doorstep.
You can begin to make your own way and to discover for yourself how to live a full life. If you awaken your true desire for a meaningful existence, society will grow out of you.
As you walk along the road toward happiness, taking advantage of the opportunities to live a full life in each moment, you will find that you do not have to wait to reach your destination in order to find happiness. Happiness will find you and, like a good friend, she will accompany you on your journey home.
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