That's just the basic framework though. Just like a building, there are more materials and more complex relationships happening in order to complete the structure. I think one of the most prevalent phenomenons I've seen is the tendency for people to attach the meaning of themselves to their job. Their ego becomes the highest maintence part of what they do. Things are done because they benefit the individual, not because they're right or benefit the entire organization.
People take themselves too seriously.
They end up running the rat race only to find out they've only succeeded in becoming a rat. San Diego has become eerily dark at night. We're not under a black out, per se. But most of the street lights are turned off, leaving only the traffic lights to color the downtown streets. This California energy crisis is an ugly nightmare.