This reminds me that everyone should read Consider The Lobster by DFW. [1] It's such a straightforward, yet well written think piece about this exact subject.
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Also available here as an audio recording, read by Wallace himself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fZOl7C_vDI
I got a 404 at that address but this seems to be the same article (I had to override a TLS certificate warning to get it):
https://www.theessayexperiencefall2013.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/...