I’d like to see such discussion/analysis in context of objective baseline of an individual eliciting sustenance out of raw nature, such as John Plant’s “Primiti

I’d like to see such discussion/analysis in context of objective baseline of an individual eliciting sustenance out of raw nature, such as John Plant’s “Primitive Technology” series - hard work for mundane results, the base starting point and ongoing alternative to whatever studies address. There seems an axiomatic assumption that “post scarcity economy” really is a thing, that a viable alternative to any system is a life of perfunctory “work” and relative leisure. Reality is: the natural starting point is eking sustenance out of dirt & growth, and all systems are an attempt to better that productivity/efficiency. Without establishing that objective baseline, discussion of worker productivity is enticing but unproductive.