Here's Why People Work Like Crazy, Even When They Already Have Everything They Need
By Lauren Friedman
In a talk last year, Google CEO Larry Page raised a radical notion: We all might be working much harder than is necessary.
"The idea that everyone needs to work frantically to meet people's needs is just not true," he said, pointing to recent advances in technology that have made meeting humanity's basic needs much easier.
Some people work hard to pay rent, to put food on the table, because they enjoy it, or — in rare cases — because the job really demands it. But what about everyone else, those who earn more than they need and still run themselves ragged, often working to the point of misery?
