Parents choose to sacrifice their own happiness for the pursuit of happiness of their children when they have children. This article applies to them, I agree, because they have taken on a lifetime (or 18 years at least) commitment to others' lives. Non-parents do not have to sacrifice their happiness for anyone else and can therefore pursue their own happiness. I don't see anything wrong with that. To assume that everyone must work a hard job they hate just to make more money when there are alternatives is absurd. By this logic, I should quit the job I'm working now doing something I like (software) simply because I could make x times more money on Wall St. and be miserable. Or even parents who are doing well and paying the bills: why would they pursue higher paying jobs they hate when they are able to manage just fine? This one size fits all solution seems illogical. And I won't even get into what happens to the idea of 'hard work' when automation starts to take over ...