&gt;this article honestly came across as someone who had read too much Bret Easton Ellis recently...<p>I very much enjoyed this article, but I had that BEE thought as well! My theory is that a lot of us human beings manufacture strife and struggle, because that is the Hero&#x27;s Journey that everyone wants to be able to tell to their grandchildren. In the absence of &quot;real&quot; conflict (war, poverty, abuse), we shine the dark light on things like this. &quot;I have a well paying job with great benefits and live in an awesome city...but I&#x27;m sad because, like, what does this all mean, man?&quot; I&#x27;m not discounting the deep sadness that existential crises can saddle your daily life with, but I&#x27;ve seen this trend time and time again. Just pay attention to modern rap music, like Kanye. Listen to his lyrics. That dude has minimal &quot;real world&quot; problems in his life right now, from what I can tell, yet his music is one of &quot;me against the world.&quot; That&#x27;s because he knows what a story arc is supposed to be like, so he&#x27;ll play that out for us, regardless of its actual truth.<p>&#x2F;random rant