Our brains are working quite hard while playing video games or browsing random things on the internet. Yet these are things we do to 'relax' after a hard day's

Our brains are working quite hard while playing video games or browsing random things on the internet. Yet these are things we do to 'relax' after a hard day's work. The problem isn't long hours per se. The problem is that the long hours are being spent doing work that is 'boring'. So we must consider what makes something 'boring' as opposed to 'interesting'. This is probably tied to our unconscious brain sensing if the work is valuable in terms of having survival or reproduction value on the African savanna where humans evolved. The reward mechanism in humans sucks at figuring out if white collar work is useful. The problem is solvable through technology, if we can figure out a way to trigger the reward mechanism in a way that relates to the output of white collar work. The main challenge is that it is difficult to tie rewards to work in a meaningful way that doesn't leave it open to exploitation by clever humans. But then again if we get to the point where AI strong enough to monitor a job then maybe we don't really need humans to do that job. On a more practical level, I find one can make anything interesting by simply paying attention to the senses fully as you perform the task. Admittedly it does take some practice to do this effortlessly and stop getting distracted by thoughts.