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Perhaps some things to benefit themselves and their community as well. "We have developed a kind of perfectionism that bothers me," says Hoell. "We could probably make do with 80% and live better." Working hard -- perhaps too hard -- has been part of the price paid by a generation that Priebisch says "was forced to perform, to build something from nothing." The society, says Wiethoff, has a lot to learn. "It has to do with prosperity, which has made us hard and asocial. We talk a lot about our wealth and our clever politics, but what's the use if the human dimension is missing, if there is coldness and impatience and little contact with one another?" That too has been part of the price for success. Creating a gentler balance will be up to the next generation.