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Not convinced what is typically defined as "100%" is a good amount to be working for most people, either.

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Apr 17, 2018

We need to stop glamorizing working at 150%. That extra 50% is a loan from your future self. Eventually you’ll need to collect on it.

Cinder

@Triquetrea

Apr 21, 2018

Majority of jobs are either: - Sedentary - Physically dangerous - Heavy on stress and emotional labour Or a combination. 8-9 hours a day of that, sometimes more? Yeah, no, that can do a lot of damage.

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Ah, the concerns of the wealthiest population ever to have lived. A sign of the times, and no bad thing. But perspective helps.

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I didn't say the recent past (or pre-agriculture) was an improvement, particularly not in material wealth. It's not a relativistic statement. Turning it into a relativistic statement doesn't grant perspective. It distorts the point.

9:32 AM · Apr 21, 2018Twitter Web Client

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(I'm not saying you don't have a point. I'm saying the point is a bit of a red herring in this context.)

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The red herring is the idea that anyone except the most privileged can do anything about the brutal reality of needing to feed their families through long hours and hard work - which comes at a price, as does everything of value.

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The point started out distorted, because it completely failed to take account of the poverty that quite obviously would follow for millions if they cut their work output by a *third*.