The way most people live is a completely unnatural state for humans.

"There is no longer respite for reflecting or choosing or adapting oneself, or for acting or wishing or pulling oneself together. The rule of life is: No sooner said than done. Life has become a racecourse... a succession of objective events which drag us along and lead us astray without anything affording us the possibility of standing apart, taking stock and ceasing to act." - The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul