http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/magazine/why-are-harvard-graduates-in-the-mailroom.html

Ours is a society of strivers - the so-called "job lottery." All jobs are essentially becoming a high stakes lottery. At the same time, middle-class Plan Bs are being whittled away.

At some point I need to decide whether I believe in determinism or free will. I came to this thought because I don't often believe that I have much control over my own life but I want to believe that I can and should fight the easy slippage into routine.