Life used to be slower and harder but we had less anxiety and depression. People generally worked within tight-knit social structures which brought them connection and validation.
Perhaps you worked in a factory for 30 years next to people who became comrades and confidantes. That job has been outsourced to the third world or to a machine.
Even my own industry at the start of my career was slow by virtue of the advent of very clunky and limited computers. We had no choice but work more meticulously thanks to limitations we now realize were strangely helpful.
People need to be needed, seen and acknowledged. When you take that away they become despondent. When you add speed and efficiency but don't improve the other facets, you are asking for burnouts which started to happen about 10 years ago with great frequency.
We've been learning the consequences the hard way.
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