We may take it for granted that people need jobs, and that the health of our society rises and falls on the availability of well-paid employment, but the fact remains that a society composed almost entirely of people who work under the direction of other people—who in turn provide them with a regular supply of money—is an entirely new phenomenon in human history. And the values and traditions that modern cultures have developed to deal with the social and psychological problems created by the employment society remain immature and embryonic.
