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by asdswe 1813 days ago
I guess the point is that they're content with what they have, even if it's just the bare minimum.
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Most people prefer working fulltime and sleeping in a home over not working and sleeping in a tent like the hunter gatherers did. The hunter gatherers just didn't have an option to work harder and get a stable home, since the nature of hunter gathering requires you to move around.

Then as people settled down and became farmers they also gained the opportunity to improve their lives by working hard, and at that point they started working way more hours. It makes sense.