Hello Grazia, Let us break it down in order to better understand it. "We live in a world where we value being efficient - where we have a functional, utilitarian attitude to life." Efficient: Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense. SIMPLY: To be efficient is to get the greatest results from the least effort. Functional: Of or having a special activity, purpose, or task. SIMPLY: To be dedicated specifically to one FUNCTION. Utilitarian: Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive. SIMPLY: The usefulness of a thing is more important than anything else. Put them all together: We live in a world where we value getting the greatest results from the least effort - in this world we also consider it important to dedicate yourself fully to a task, and consider the function or work of a person or thing more valuable than any other part of him, her or it. Does this help?