"Work" is a general label for certain types of human activity.
We work in order to earn our income; because we are compelled by other humans (slavery); to do a favour for someone else or to share the burden of some necessary but irksome task; for intrinsic satisfaction in doing something (playing an instrument for its own sake); to achieve a desired goal; etc.
Work can also be synonymous with "play" (my ideal meaning).
Having said all that, there is a stark fundamental reality that "work" was invented by a clever and cunning minority, to keep the majority at the task of producing the economic wealth that is the necessary foundation of settled "civilisations".
However, the "reality of modernity" is that individual humans now can have "mechanical slaves" instead of enslaving their own bodies in order to do necessary work.
We really don't need to speculate on this. Most people spend a significant part of their life in retirement, working zero paid hours. As long as they are financially secure, most of them seem to manage it pretty well.
Fair point, but some work in “retirement,” some hate retirement, and many could retire earlier than they do. On top of all of that, I doubt the general population has really fully adapted to the increased length of life. I’m ok with speculation.
"Work" is a general label for certain types of human activity.
We work in order to earn our income; because we are compelled by other humans (slavery); to do a favour for someone else or to share the burden of some necessary but irksome task; for intrinsic satisfaction in doing something (playing an instrument for its own sake); to achieve a desired goal; etc.
Work can also be synonymous with "play" (my ideal meaning).
Having said all that, there is a stark fundamental reality that "work" was invented by a clever and cunning minority, to keep the majority at the task of producing the economic wealth that is the necessary foundation of settled "civilisations".
However, the "reality of modernity" is that individual humans now can have "mechanical slaves" instead of enslaving their own bodies in order to do necessary work.
We really don't need to speculate on this. Most people spend a significant part of their life in retirement, working zero paid hours. As long as they are financially secure, most of them seem to manage it pretty well.
Fair point, but some work in “retirement,” some hate retirement, and many could retire earlier than they do. On top of all of that, I doubt the general population has really fully adapted to the increased length of life. I’m ok with speculation.