What it is
Somewhere along the way, we replaced the idea of being human with the idea of being useful. A truly developed world wouldn’t require a person to earn the right to be treated with dignity. If dignity has to be earned, we aren’t a society. We’re a competition disguised as one.
How it shows up for me
I believe this, and I also catch myself measuring people, and myself, by output. When I meet someone, the first question is often “what do you do?” I’m trying to replace it with “what are you into lately?”