On the topic of idleness, you may also find Russell's In Praise of Idleness interesting (it has been discussed on HN before) https://harpers.org/archive/1932/1

On the topic of idleness, you may also find Russell's In Praise of Idleness interesting (it has been discussed on HN before) https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/ https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/ It is where the following famous quote comes from: "First of all: what is work? Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so."