collapse of the old society

Unless you’re saving lives or something, abandon the arrogant, modernist belief that your individual labor has meaning. Adopt the posture of a hospice worker. View your role as tending to a dying institution, minimizing the immediate suffering of the people trapped within it, including yourself. Focus on the enjoyable interpersonal relationships of your office. Shield your subordinates from upper-management toxicity. Practice extreme, localized empathy.

Thought this was worth reviewing again, specifically "extreme, localized empathy." We can buy into our place in the workforce as something we're doing to make life easier for our favorite coworker instead of something we're doing for "the company."