[MachineElf]

Even though the language is a bit dated ( also, English is not my native language) this essay is well worth reading and insightful. Didn't know about this Thoreau fellow before reading this though so really thank you for posting.

One thing i keep thinking about is the stark contradiction between the high standard of living of western society and ever increasing depression rates ( I don't have a list of sources at hand, but I believe this to be somewhat common knowledge ), so I think that this essay strikes right at the heart of the problem, in the sense that we are almost living for making a living( Or some such phrasing ), or at least hints at a deeper, more underlying and worrying phenomenon .