unmotivated

i was kinda down yesterday when i thought to myself.
"this is the life i lead"
"this is the life MOST people around lead"
i shared it with Erwin, and he got over it pretty easily.

well i was reading econs right. macro.
well "learning" how capital mobility affects the slope of the BP curve and how depreciations and revaluations shift the BP curve and all this confusing things which eventually make sense but hardly warrant the effort required to put myself into the shoes(and brains of course) of smith and keynes.
so now, we've this whole army of people. singapore for example. chasing economic growth.
how many of us? shitloads. just look at the scared turf known as the CBD. u go in there. u "feel" it. the drive for "success". economic success that is.
we look at the numbers yearly and compare ourselves with other countries. and we feel good about it. because we are competitive. and we equate economic growth to be a good indicator of our lives. now is it?.

we do know that we're not in the industrial age right. we're in the information age people.
its not about production man. producing more output isnt all good no more man.
if u are econs illiterate, go wikipedia and hit "GDP" or "economic growth" or something. and ask yourself is this goal of "growth" your idea of the world being a better place. if u believe that "a higher standard of living" as compared to the 60s will apply to the 2000s, then good for you. you obviously think im talking rubbish here.

well its a very complex post which im guessing some of you might be lost. nonetheless, i summarise it here.
if we have an army of human resource working towards GDP growth. should we at least consider how much benefit we derive from pursuing this global goal? or should we just follow them blindly?.

given that money puts food on the table and recession sucks. when we're experiencing "growth" and relative success(not to take it for granted) shouldnt we consider the other aspects of well-being of our nation-state besides the size of our economy? for example tempering a tunnel-vision mentality with some openness which suggests to us that we have the opportunity to develop ourselves as human bean whilst we toil for our dollar?

i know this sounds mildly marxist. but just consider this.
if SO MANY of us are pursuing a purpose,
is the resources we are putting into this reflective of the outcome we expect to see?.