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"Work" here is defined as the amount of time it takes to gather food. By that logic, a minimum wage worker who spends $40 a week on groceries only spends 6 hour
by Aunche 5y ago
"Work" here is defined as the amount of time it takes to gather food. By that logic, a minimum wage worker who spends $40 a week on groceries only spends 6 hours a week on "work" including time spent grocery shopping.
- handrous 5y agoFor anyone deciding whether or not to read the review, this is not an accurate description of how the piece treats "work" throughout.
- Aunche 5y agoYes. The author uses different standards of what constitutes as work work when it comes to hunter-gatherers compared to modern humans. That's the point of my comment. The time a hunter gatherer spends repairing their shelter counts as leisure, but the time spent making a salary used to pay off your rent counts as work.