In spite of increasing production and comfort, man loses more and more the sense of self, feels that his life is meaningless, even though such a feeling is largely unconscious. In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead; in the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In spite of increasing production and comfort, man loses more and more the sense of self, feels that his life is meaningless, even though such a feeling is largely unconscious. In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead; in the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead." in the context of "Erich Fromm, The Sane Society (1955), Ch. 9: Summary — Conclusion." to mean that wisdom is timeless.