alt Hacker News40h is probably up from pre-industrial times.
Edit: There is some research covering work time estimates for different ages.
Replies
fastball • today at 4:05 PM
What was all this free time spent doing in the pre-industrial era?
➕ show 1 reply
40h is probably up from pre-industrial times.
Edit: There is some research covering work time estimates for different ages.
What was all this free time spent doing in the pre-industrial era?
We could probably argue to the end of time about the qualitative quality of life between then and now. In general a metric of consumption and time spent gathering that consumption has gotten better over time.