I think this misses the point the other user probably tried to make. Yes, it can be good to bias towards taking action particularly when passive consumption is

I think this misses the point the other user probably tried to make. Yes, it can be good to bias towards taking action particularly when passive consumption is the prevailing habit. That need not take the form of creating more fodder for consumption, which can appear redundant. Absent all the niceties of modern life that deliver the means of this consumption, people in general were not full-bore creatives (I believe this is consistent even if you account for leisure time).