How can we possibly transpose these notions of experiential living to our market society, to our transactional culture of business? Where do we begin?

our current anxieties of income inequality and work dissatisfaction are only amplified in the digital commons. There is always someone else in our network having more fun, making more money, or getting more psychic value out of those connections.

the experience was romantic precisely because it was so conflicted, so contradictory.

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For enlightened economists, consequently, happiness is no longer a means to an end; it is the end.

But do we really think software companies such as Amazon, Facebook, and Google, and all of their younger offspring can address our most important social and ethical questions?

Weber bemoaned that scientific understanding and technical rationality had formed an “iron cage” that forced spirituality into the margins of our lives:

Can we maintain profit margins while also making experiences that put us in touch with the wondrous, the delightful, and the mysterious? Isn’t it time to bring our fullest selves to the job? What if we could find romance in and through business?