alt Hacker News> Most people living today take it for granted that modern "work" is the way it is and the way it should be.
Which is understandable when the alternative is generally poverty.
> Most people living today take it for granted that modern "work" is the way it is and the way it should be.
Which is understandable when the alternative is generally poverty.
My comment was clearly looking at the historical and anthropological context, and raising the philosophical question about whether modern work is ideal and ever was sustainable.
But if you want to have a less philosophical and more pragmatic discussion, I'd raise the issue of the billions of people who count themselves among the "working poor." For billions of people, modern work doesn't guarantee that you won't be poor.