I feel like that would lead to burnout of the staff working at that pace for a career. What would be interesting if we could be empowered to go back to that sa

I feel like that would lead to burnout of the staff working at that pace for a career. What would be interesting if we could be empowered to go back to that say 19th century idea of the reasearcher. You know, someone with all their wants and needs seemingly acceptably met, tinkering on some obsession they have in their workshop/lab on their own property or out collecting data around the world. Only with modern technology and ideas of course.