The earlier hunter-gatherers were working less but it was by itself a satisfying means to an end, as their work fed them all and required nerves, energy, intelligence and agility. Much like a sport, they were relaxed and able to enjoy afterwards.

They were tough, adaptive and rustic, tune...

When people started the farming activity, it was a full-time job with constant issues that needed their attention: lack of water, bugs, bad weather etc.

The concept of dependency, scarcity and surplus became known to man after decades of trial and error with crop failures and weather cycle...

It was only when people started seeing scarcity and the various vulnerabilities and risks with farming did they start to value history and the concept of time. They learned to diversify their farming investment so that poor rainfall or too much of it does not spoil all of their efforts.

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James Suzman's book titled Work: A Deep History, From the Stone Age to the Age of Robots examines our fixation with being productive, diving into the reason we are working hard in the first place.

Modern work, according to the author, is analogous with farming, which fundamentally...