I can't help but think that we somehow lost touch with our priorities. We sold this idea that "we can have it all" and so most choices in life were replaced by this notion that we deserve choice A, B, and C, rather than choice A, B or C. And somehow, most bought into the idea that they were "failures" — as human beings — if they didn't get those things.

Apologists for the current state of affairs point to the idea that more options is a sign that life is better, but is that really true? Somehow, I think we had more appreciation for what we had, when we had fewer choices... now much more is just taken for granted.