From Work for Others to Work for Yourself

Abstract

The Industrial Revolution realized a great advance in engineering. But it pursued product value, and efficiency and mass production were evaluated. To achieve this goal, it introduced Division of Labor. Thus, we came to work for others. But if we look back, engineering started to make our dreams come true and we made efforts to realize it by trial and error. This is a challenge. Challenge is the core and mainspring of all human activities. We enjoy challenges. That is why we love games. However, the Industrial Revolution deprived us of such a joy of challenge. We work for others based on instructions. In a way, we are regarded as something like machines. Further, it consumes tremendous amount of resources (energy, etc.). Thus, how we can sustain development becomes crucially important. But if we start to work for ourselves and for pleasure, we can revive self-sufficient society in a new style. This will solve many problems facing us, such as lack of labor force (aging society), limited resources, too much energy consumption, etc. And this is nothing other than Self-Actualization and Self-Determination. It will enable us to enjoy the highest level of happiness and satisfaction.