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Re:The history of what we call work by pozdnyshev90 on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:24AM (#28828660)
> IOW, 'work' isn't some activity that exists outside of your 'real' life, it IS your life in a very literal sense

Not exactly. You sell your labor power in order to earn a living so you can go out an acquire goods to survive. You work to have the means to live. That doesn't mean it is your life. You don't reap the benefits of what you create.

Re:The history of what we call work by sillyquiet on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:28AM (#28828701)
I meant that sentence as a follow on to the preceding - I was talking about the work performed by people that don't live in rich privileged agricultural societies.

> You don't reap the benefit of what you create

And your risk is also much lessened and abstracted. If you produce a few bugs in your code, you don't get eaten by a tiger or have your family starve to death.

Re:The history of what we call work by throwaway769879 on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:24AM (#28829383)
> If you produce a few bugs in your code, you don't get eaten by a tiger

That would be ... so cool!