According to Wu Ning-yuan, fellow of National Sun Yat-sen University's Sun Yat-sen Studies Institute, intellectuals might be very knowledgeable and highly skilled, but in the face of the materialism, commercialism and consumerism of industrial society, their growing disquiet and discontent leads to reflection on how to find true inner contentment.
中山大學中山學術研究中心副研究員吳遠表示，知識份子雖有豐富知識、專業技能，然而面對工業化社會唯物、重商、消費觀扭曲諸多現象，有更多的不安、不滿，便會反思如何得到內心的真正滿足。