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Hunter-gatherers actually worked even less: about 1 1/2 to 3 hours a day As discussed in Stone Age Economics by Sahlins: https://archive.org/details/StoneAgeE
by rladd 5y ago
Hunter-gatherers actually worked even less: about 1 1/2 to 3 hours a day
As discussed in Stone Age Economics by Sahlins:
https://archive.org/details/StoneAgeEconomics_201611 https://archive.org/details/StoneAgeEconomics_201611
https://bigthink.com/big-think-books/vicki-robin-joe-dominguez-your-money-or-your-life/ https://bigthink.com/big-think-books/vicki-robin-joe-domingu...
The biblical expulsion from the Eden of gathering fruit to the toil of agriculture also makes that point.
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