In this brilliantly to-the-point Essay, the philosopher Julian Baggini laments the now-ubiquitous need to tie every human activity to some extrinsic, utilitarian value – from forest bathing to oxytocin-boosting hugs – in what he calls the ‘instrumentalisation of everything’
From art to religion to sex, instrumentalisation has drained away intrinsic value. But life is about more than material benefits
