[maxerickson]

Maybe? I feel like an awful lot of people today, especially in wealthy countries, have at least 7 hours a week of time that they do not carefully allocate. Many have much more than that.

[brodouevencode]

Wealthier people (presumably the ones who have more free time) in first world countries tend to be the healthier ones.

[maxerickson]

Right, and that effect is comparably enormous when you look at the period when the steam engine was taking hold and today. We are unimaginably wealthy compared to then.