In the 1950s, futurists hoped we'd work way less. Now it's happening, and it doesn't seem so good. https://www.1843magazine.com/features/escape-to-another-world …
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Produced plenty of more wealth but not much more status, which is why someone living like a medieval king is pitied.
I don't think it's lack of status that would make him pitied. I think our standards for quality of life have risen.
