>> Why don't we invent technologies that let us spend more time with friends and family and less time worrying about the production of good and services ? Thos

>> Why don't we invent technologies that let us spend more time with friends and family and less time worrying about the production of good and services ? Those things aren't achieved by technology. In the 18/19 century , peasants in Russia worked all summer , and in the whole winter they rested in the house with family. Those things are achieved by a decent social order combined with frugal mentality by individuals and societies.