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> For example, how did they deal with boredom? I'm not sure if boredom was that much of problem. Days were filled with work, much of it requiring focus, master
by burntoutfire 5y ago
> For example, how did they deal with boredom?
I'm not sure if boredom was that much of problem. Days were filled with work, much of it requiring focus, mastery, improvised solutions to unexpected circumstances etc. Also, since the work wasn't "alienated", it didn't feel dull or pointless like much of the work today.
- ganzuul 5y agoAre you speaking from personal experience?
- burntoutfire 5y agoKind of, on both accounts. I was definitely bored out of my mind when I worked in software jobs. Now I'm retired on relatively a small amount of money, so I cannot just pay to provide all of my materials needs, but have to be engaged in multimodal ways (e.g. cycle instead of going by car, cook for myself from cheap ingredients instead of eating out and not minding prices, fixing my stuff myself instead of discarding it or paying the repairman etc.). This way of living is much more varied and engaging, at least for me. Also, I have a 92 year old grandmother who, during her youth, lived in what was basically a premodern village. She has told many tales of the life back then but she never mentioned being bored. The number of skills she had would be mindboggling for a typical XXI century office dweller, who often can pretty much only (for example) code and swipe his credit card.
- ganzuul 5y agoI meant to say that boredom was actually not a problem because they had ways to deal with it, as that they didn't have the kind of work/life imbalance that labor laws impose.