> Hopefully ["work was the organising principle of life"] changes. It seems very unlikely that the pattern would hold uninterrupted for thousands of years onl

> Hopefully ["work was the organising principle of life"] changes. It seems very unlikely that the pattern would hold uninterrupted for thousands of years only to end soon. People organize around their work, whether it's the tasks of a a medieval farming household, an new steam-powered industrial textile mill, or commuting to their office-job.