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why do you believe ?

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John
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05-17-2003 11:12 AM 		Reply to: Message 31 by bulldog98
05-16-2003 11:35 AM

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Ah, but people have worried about these things long before we had much "leisure time."
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We tend to believe that we are rolling in leisure time compared to those 'primative' folk, ( despite complaining about having no leisure time ) but actually the reverse is true. Hunter/gatherers, nomadic herders, and simple agricultural societies all have more free time than we do. It is a function of complexity really.
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05-17-2003 6:02 PM 		Reply to: Message 35 by crashfrog
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On the other hand, they don't have video games.
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Yes. Good point.
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The trade off is that within complex societies you have much more opportunity to choose what you do with your time, both labor time and leisure time. Hunter/gatherer societies have pretty much one occupation-- clubbing bunnies. Entertainment pretty much equals social life-- utter hell, as far as I am concerned.
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