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> If anything, businesses have allowed us to spend way more time with family than we would if we actually had to hunt / farm / gather for food. That is untrue.
by black6 5y ago
> If anything, businesses have allowed us to spend way more time with family than we would if we actually had to hunt / farm / gather for food.
That is untrue. There is ample evidence that hunter-gatherer societies have more leisure time than industrialized societies. Just to name two sources I've recently read: Harari covers it in Sapiens, and before that Mumford covered it in Technics and Human Development.
- xboxnolifes 5y agoRealistically, if I wanted a similar family quality of life as hunter-gatherer societies, I could reach it in far less work time in modern society. Cutting out the expenses of larger/modern housing, advanced healthcare, higher education, and a lot of expensive leisure activities, living a simple family life would be very cheap and affordable on less than a 40 hour work week. I could even have a better lifestyle in many regards for the same amount of work time.