We need both means and meaning

To realize the amazing present and future we want, we need both means and meaning. More generally, the greater our means, the harder it may be to find meaning. Why? There is a thrill in striving. Purpose in striving. Even those who have put in decades of work are overcome by a sense of melancholy when they finally achieve their aim. The idea is that technology creates means, but that we shouldn’t expect it to create meaning. That’s up to us.