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Maybe work became the central piece in people’s lives because they don’t have time to devote to other things. It’s a 40 hour work week, but add in commuting an
by great_psy 3y ago
Maybe work became the central piece in people’s lives because they don’t have time to devote to other things.
It’s a 40 hour work week, but add in commuting and chores and decent sleep and you’re left with a few hours left for other things.
Hard to build an identity around a few hours of something else.
- srackey 3y agoBut we used to work more and this wasn’t as much of an issue?
- sarkhan 3y agoWe don't just work more, we spend rest hours that we are not working think about the work. In short, we never stop working.
- hitsurume 3y agoWhat do you mean by that? Like in the industrial / manufacturing age where people manually did the same thing over and over? Where people were physically exhausted but not mentally?
- sanderjd 3y agoIt probably was, except that there weren't blog posts about it.
- kqr 3y agoDepends on which people you talk about and during what period. In the grand scheme of things, renting out most of your waking hours to an employer who charges you for that service is an extremely uncommon thing to do.
- Izkata 3y agoDon't forget work social events that extend beyond those 40 hours. Seems like there's more of them each year.