[amelius]

> Inspiring fulfilling work is a luxury not everyone can afford, and it is a conceit of the modern world that meaning and fulfillment in your life should come from your employment.

But you could also argue that the modern world is creating unfulfilling work. Not only the "bullshit jobs" (see [1]), but also highly repetitive work.

In ancient/prehistoric times, work was more diverse (and perhaps hence more inspiring) for a lot of people, I suppose.

[1] http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/

[niels_olson]

> work was ... more inspiring

work which is important but not urgent is inspiring. The more complex the society, the more opportunity for such work. Read history: it wasn't that long ago that most of Europe envied those who could afford mud huts.