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> Even so, I suspect not every healthy person would choose to work, given the opportunity to not.

I agree with a lot of what you said, but I don't this that's a good argument that work is bad or unhealthy. I think most people would choose to do something else with their time spent at work if they had the opportunity, but they choose to work because the benefits they receive from working are better than the lifestyle they'd have if they were not working.

That trade off of doing something we don't enjoy to gain a result we do enjoy isn't unique to work though. I suspect that most people wouldn't eat healthy or exercise if they didn't have to.