Are We Overwhelmed by Life?

"The fate of our species was often in the past that we were just totally consumed by the need to acquire the crudest necessities of life," he says. But now, "in terms of the ability to produce the basic necessities of life, we're just incredibly good at that." The average person can earn enough to meet all their different food needs in an hour - better than most people had 200 years ago. 'I think ambition and being on top of life are very compatible'