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Originally Posted by Rain Man
Sometimes I wonder how native villagers or neolithic cavepeople thought about work. They probably go out onto idyllic tropical bays to fish in their boats, or wander through virgin forests with their spears, and think, "Man, this is a grind. It would sure be nice to just sit in the village and make arrowheads all day."
I think anything can be tedious if you're doing it all day, which is why I disagree with the "do what you love" mantra for today's jobs. A job is really about making your 24-hour existence optimal and your long-term future optimal.
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Hunter gathers are estimated to have spent about 2 hours per day on fulfilling nutritional needs. Life expectancies close to modern humans.
With monocrop agriculture came long work hours and plummeting life expectancy.