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In hunter-gatherer times, I would hunt so my family could eat. If I hunt from 9 to 5 and didn't catch anything, I would have to keep hunting, or my family would
by pystack 10y ago
In hunter-gatherer times, I would hunt so my family could eat. If I hunt from 9 to 5 and didn't catch anything, I would have to keep hunting, or my family would go hungry. Nature is not a fair employer, it does not give meat to me because I worked 8 hours. I only get the meat if I catch it.
Today, society built many layers on top of nature. Big business bureaucracy guarantees food if you work for 8 hours. But at the edges of society, it is still very rough.
My business isn't going to grow just because I worked 8 hours. It only grows if I solve my customers' problems, regardless of how many hours it takes. I think this applies to the common "rich people" positions as well.
- lighttower 10y agoVery good comment. Those that choose the regular slice of meat at each 8 hour interval are making a trade for smaller yet (more) predictable rewards. They give up their freedom to sell their time to the highest bidder. It's well explained in the hypothetical universe where pilots are all freelancers [0]. [0] http://romansnitko.com/blog/freelance-pilots.html http://romansnitko.com/blog/freelance-pilots.html
- tamana 10y agoI work 9-5 and I do it for the highest bidder.
- lighttower 10y agobut you chose the highest bidder on a year-to-year basis. Not an day-to-day basis. You're guaranteed a monthly (bi-weekly) salary, but, you can't quit today to do a more lucrative offer and then get your job back the day after.
- bloat 10y agoIt's been postulated that hunter-gatherers did not have to work very hard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_affluent_society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_affluent_society
- arximboldi 10y agoMore on the topic: http://www.primitivism.com/future-primitive.htm http://www.primitivism.com/future-primitive.htm