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Yeah, but probably not. Very few people want a humble shelter and 2000kcal a day. Most want large apartments, entertainment, restaurants, travel, hotels, social
by luckylion 4y ago
Yeah, but probably not. Very few people want a humble shelter and 2000kcal a day. Most want large apartments, entertainment, restaurants, travel, hotels, social media sites to discuss articles about 'workism' etc etc. And somebody has to build and run all those things so they can enjoy them.
The hermits going to Alaska with an axe, a saw, and a dream to build a small cabin and live off the land and watch the bears catch salmon, those are certainly ready to make that trade. But your average Western academic talking about work-life-balance? I wouldn't rule it out as a possibility, but it'd be a first.
- WalterBright 4y agoThose Alaska hermits who build their own cabins work damn hard to survive doing that.
- magicalist 4y ago> But your average Western academic talking about work-life-balance Yes, the adjunct professor, famous for their work-life-balance.
- Dylan16807 4y ago> Most want large apartments, entertainment, restaurants, travel, hotels, social media sites to discuss articles about 'workism' etc etc. And somebody has to build and run all those things so they can enjoy them. One solid income used to buy an entire house. Why can't I want to work less and still have a large apartment? And that's without even considering productivity gains. People can budget for entertainment without long work weeks. I don't demand much in terms of restaurants and travel and hotels, shrug. Websites are not expensive to run, and the cost of social media if directly paid for would be single digit dollars a month. Negligible in terms of someone's entire budget.