Ask HN: Are most people complacent?
I spend a lot of time thinking of ways I can improve this world and the people in it. The catalyst for most of this drive is the fact that most people I meet don't seem happy or satisfied with life. I want to help them find purpose. However, I am starting to wonder if such an effort is futile in the end, or if it my thinking is off.
We all strive to find purpose in this world until we give up or find it. I believe I have found mine for the moment (by whatever somewhat-unknown means) and have found it incredibly rewarding and satisfying, and seeing others be apathetic/lifeless/careless towards most things is becoming increasingly disturbing to me. I can't count the number of times my co-workers mention that they hate their job and are doing nothing to solve the issue. A lot of people don't seem to care about much beyond remaining in comfort and having fun once in a long while. While in school (and college) people invest huge amounts of time and money into these massive self-development schemes (school) without focus or purpose. It screams confusion and mindlessness!
I wonder if I'm fighting unchangeable human nature.
Are people changeable?
Is purpose something that can be found by all, or only some?
Does clear purpose always lead to joy as it has for me?
Is general inaction and having a risk-free and comfortable life perfectly good, or can it always be considered "settling" and irrational aversion to change? Is it just a different personality type?
Or is it complacency and confusion? I'm banking on this.