There is an interesting study, the name of which I cannot remember. I always called it the Rat Utopia study for lack of a better name.
It started out that these rats were put in a habitat that was like rat heaven. There were other rats, there was plenty of food and water, and there were little rat exercise wheels. It should have been perfect. Initially, the rats were all really happy in this habitat.
Then, they began breeding like crazy (because life was easy, right?). Then they got fat. They got lazy. They stopped breeding and began fighting and displaying the rat version of antisocial behavior. Having everything perfect wasn’t enough.
According to the scientists, the rats’ lives had been made too easy. They didn’t have to work for anything and it was mentally unhealthy for them.
Perhaps it’s like that for humans, too. Maybe our lives are just so easy now that we aren’t doing the things we’re wired to do and that has caused a deep discontent.