100x Yes!<p>I had a similar argument recently. It was all fun and games talking about the problems with traditional education and the loss of creative thinking until I pointed out that the only reason we can have this debate is because we went to good schools, got good grades and got good jobs.<p>As someone who grew up poor and extremely grateful to get out of the ghetto, I&#x27;m consistently surprised that I&#x27;m surrounded by unhappy well-off peers who have similar struggles and offer similar advice (quit job&#x2F;school, follow your heart, travel, go to Burning Man, etc). These are lamentations and luxuries of the leisure class. Money doesn&#x27;t buy happiness, but everything still costs money. When you satisfy 90% of what most people define as needed to keep them happy and comfortable, that last 10% takes over your world. In a post scarcity society, we are all trapped at the top of Maslow&#x27;s hierarchy of needs and happiness seems harder and harder to achieve. Instead of being happy with what we have, we keep moving the bar.<p>Don&#x27;t get me wrong, the author&#x27;s problems are real and valid, and there is something wrong with our society when kids start committing suicide over GPAs, but a large part of me fears for our future. Maybe Star Trek really is a dystopia…