Meszaros, progress

[David Welch]

But life expectancy has simultaneously increased, so it might well be that
total leisure time has increased. I'd imagine leisure time is also a bit
more interesting than it was 12000 years ago. 

On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 08:24:42AM -0500, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Re productivity as "saving time." Then the clock has been running backwards
> for about 12000 years. Hunter-gatherers seldom labor over 15-20 hrs
> per week. Capitalism also eliminated scores of xtian holidays in order
> to increase hours of work. And if one includes commute time in the
> work week (as one should), then the work week in the u.s. has been
> increasing for decades -- perhaps for over half a century.
> 
> Progress. It's wonderful.
>