[randcraw]

Conversely, look at the multitude of labor-saving devices mankind has invented throughout history. We have minimized physical exertion whenever possible, including exercise. The explosive rise in popularity of taking a very expensive shot or pill rather than simply moving our behinds more often (and doing it for free) illustrates our opposition to exercise rather convincingly.

[danielmarkbruce]

We automate boring stuff. It's the boring stuff we built devices for, and it's not just physical stuff. All manner of boring stuff has been automated that is just pencil pushing.

No one is playing a game of soccer and thinking "i could just build a robot to do this and avoid soccer". People spend hours training for marathons, ironman events etc, just because they want to.

[ANewFormation]

The motivation there is money and time, not an aversion to labor.

Imagine any job paid as much as software. What would you do? For many of us the answer would be far more labor intensive - I prefer construction a million iin times over software, but software pays a million times better.

So our economic system coerces us into these sort of broadly sedentary behaviors, because that's where the money is.

[scj]

Labour-saving devices also have a tendency to save time.