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> there were lots of people, each with lots of time I bet tons of Human innovation came from people just having time and nothing to do. I wonder, throughout hi
by barbazoo 4y ago
> there were lots of people, each with lots of time
I bet tons of Human innovation came from people just having time and nothing to do. I wonder, throughout history, if this was a privilege or if even ordinary people had time like this (obviously not the resources necessarily).
- londons_explore 4y agoI suspect that throughout history there has generally been quite a lot of 'free time'. Music and art and drinking alcohol all appear to be mostly free time/entertainment things, and I suspect a group of people who had to work for all of their waking hours wouldn't partake in those things much. Even in nature, it seems most creatures have a lot of free time. For example, most birds seem to spend much of their time sitting in trees chirping, rather than hunting for worms/seeds. I could imagine that "I have free time to sing" is a big sexual selector - an individual who doesn't need to spend 24/7 hunting for food is a 'stronger' mate. I wonder if the same applies to humans?
- funcDropShadow 4y agoAlcoholic beverages were used for a long time as a more sanitary alternative to water not as an amusement.