[nh23423fefe]

Seems absurd. I don't imagine hunting and gathering was comfortable.

Work is traded for pay because it sucks. It always sucked from prehistory to now.

Burnout is a bespoke label for something very simple. Work sucks

[lake_vincent]

That is a completely incorrect analogy! Our species had tens of thousands of years to adapt to primitive work. Computers have been around for less than a century. We haven't even begun to adapt.

[nh23423fefe]

You imagine that adaptation always occurs to normalize a species subjective experience of daily tasks?

You are just making evolution goal directed to suit your argument. It isn't