Work : a history of how we spend our time /
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever-more automated present 'A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means' Yuval Noah Harari 'One of those few books that will turn your c...
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Bloomsbury Circus,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the economic problem
- Part one. In the beginning
- 1. To live is to work
- 2. Idle hands and busy beaks
- 3. Tools and skills
- 4. Fire's other gifts
- Part two. The provident environment
- 5. 'The original affluent society'
- 6. Ghosts in the forest
- Part three. Toiling in the fields
- 7. Leaping off the edge
- 8. Feasts and famines
- 9. Time is money
- 10. The first machines
- Part four. Creatures of the city
- 11. The bright lights
- 12. The malady of infinite aspiration
- 13. Top talent
- 14. The death of a salaryman
- 15. The new disease
- Conclusion.