> Well it's been like this since the dawn of humanity. I mean - hunter gatherer societies usually had all their food gathering and chores done in just a few ho

> Well it's been like this since the dawn of humanity. I mean - hunter gatherer societies usually had all their food gathering and chores done in just a few hours a day. Spending the rest of their time doing all those things humans like to do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter-gatherer#Social_and_economic_structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter-gatherer#Social_and_eco... We could probably figure out how to remove inefficiencies from the markets and have 20 hour workweeks, if enough of us wanted to.