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Some claim "primitive" people only needed 3-5 hours per day (https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_affluent_society https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_affluent_s
by hyperthesis 3y ago
Some claim "primitive" people only needed 3-5 hours per day (https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_affluent_society https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_affluent_society), I expect perhaps less in times of great abundance. Leaving plenty of time for knapping - if that's what you want to do.
IMHO abundance solves itself, as population grows past carrying capacity, leading to famine, war, conquest and death. (The cycle being eventually broken by TV then reddit).
Division of labour is only necessary to create time in an economy detached from survival.
- throwuwu 3y agoAn average might come out to 5 hours a day for food but I’d bet that’s not evenly distributed and looks a lot more like extremely long days spent hunting or gathering while plants are in season separated by times of very little action while you are basically starving and rationing the food you have left. Your second statement is literally the Malthusian hypothesis which has been proven wrong repeatedly. Division of labour is a good thing. It really sucks having to do everything yourself poorly because you don’t have enough time to do it right.
- wahnfrieden 3y agoTry reading some Wengrow & Graeber to correct your understanding of anthro/archaeology
- rewmie 3y agoI feel your comment adds nothing of value. It would be interesting if you could contribute to the discussion if you had anything of value to contribute. Posting arrogant comments that boil down to a dubious homework assignment is just noise.
- throwuwu 3y agoDo they dispute that fruit only grows at certain times of year as do tubers or that animals are migratory and calve once a year? Perhaps they take issue with the entire concept of seasons?
- hyperthesis 3y agoNote that we're talking primitive societies, not industrial, nor even agricultural.