There were just as many, if not more people staying at home trading a life of manual/unskilled labor for quick entertainment through all human history. The old

There were just as many, if not more people staying at home trading a life of manual/unskilled labor for quick entertainment through all human history. The old vices are still here, before the internet, TV, before that, music, dancing, books. Fun in general was never considered a productive pursuit. Casting a long shadow over all our notions of modern malaise, alcohol. This is not a new problem.