In order to get what we've got, Anita, we have, in effect, traded these people out of what was the most important thing on earth to them - the feeling of being needed and useful, the foundation of self-respect.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Society often strips individuals of purpose and self-respect while gaining material progress.
- In plain terms
- We gain things but lose the feeling of being needed and useful.
- What can you take from it?
- Progress should not cost people their sense of purpose.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What gives your work meaning?
- Is progress worth the cost?
Another view
Material gains can improve quality of life for many.
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