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Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by bjourne on Thursday May 10, 2018 @01:26PM (#17041003)
That's a myth. For most of human history, "working" 10-12 hours/week used to be the norm. There are still isolated tribes living as hunter gatherers and they are far from miserable!
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Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by nerfhammer on Thursday May 10, 2018 @02:10PM (#17041485)
It's been pointed out that hunter gathers worked a lot less than modern humans do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_affluent_society

Only after developing agriculture do societies start having 12 hours a day of work

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Re:Young Chinese are sick of working long hours by mywittyname on Thursday May 10, 2018 @05:12PM (#17043021)
Not only that, but "work" was often fun back then. These people were basically doing for work what people today do for fun: hunting, crafting, cooking, exercising, etc.
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