> But on the other side, where it becomes easy to start thinking about others first, everything starts to fall into place. We were made to be like this. A human child tends to be self-focused. A human adult must be much more selfless. And I don't think we can really be happy until we achieve this state. When you can find joy in satisfying others, you have access to a bottomless well of happiness. (Then it turns out satisfying others is pretty hard even when you are really trying)

I think you're right, but what does work have to do with any of that? Maybe some jobs are about helping people, but most aren't really.

If anything a job makes it harder for most people to be selfless because they don't have the time.