The average farmer works less hours than the average office worker. This isn't e...

		tanjtanjtanj on Nov 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Smart drugs reduce quality of effort, and slow dec... The average farmer works less hours than the average office worker. This isn't even due to modern automation, it seems they have generally always worked <40 hours even during harvests. People began to work longer hours during industrialization and even then I can't find any time when working 12 hours a day was the norm.

Generally speaking, people work more if they can get paid more by working more.