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Becase if we didn't, there'd be 95% of us still producing food manually and the other 5% would be blacksmiths and other supporting roles for food production. N
by ajsnigrutin 4y ago
Becase if we didn't, there'd be 95% of us still producing food manually and the other 5% would be blacksmiths and other supporting roles for food production.
Now, only a tiny percentage of people produce food, and the rest can be community managers on twitter.
- justahuman74 4y ago> and the rest can be community managers on twitter. I now understand just how much progress we've made as a civilization
- ezconnect 4y agoDon't forget the influencers.
- krustyburger 4y agoLet us not forget the anarcho-syndicalist communes. They would take turns to act as a sort of executive-officer-for-the-week. But all the decisions of that officer had to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting. By a simple majority, in the case of purely internal affairs, but by a two-thirds majority, in the case of more major matters.
- bmitc 4y agoWhen humans transitioned from hunting and gathering to agriculture, people actually had less leisure time, worked longer hours, and had worse health. We just keep repeating this ad nauseam. The research shows that even over the last couple hundred years, leisure time has greatly reduced in so-called developed countries.