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In reply to the discussion: We should have been colonizing the solar system by now. [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)You would read by candlelight. Warm yourself by the fire. You would make your own entertainment, playing instruments, singing, playing card games and board games. You would go to the tavern after work for a few brews and to talk to your neighbors and listen to the professional story teller that came to town with news and favorite stories. There would be festival days and feasting and dancing. Your work would be by the seasons. There would be long days and hard work during the growing seasons and harvest. Then you would have several months to pursue indoor things like making stuff you need and just pursuing hobbies.
I always had a theory about pre-industrial societies that built monuments like Stonehenge. I believe those people didn't spend the amount of time in a year working for survival that we do. I think they had plenty of time on their hands after the work was done. Their chiefs were aware of idle hands leading to mischief, so they put them to work building temples, tombs and other monuments for the gods, to keep them busy.
Years ago, a study was made of indigenous people around the world who lived a tribal life style. It turns out they only worked an average of four hours a day and had the rest of the time free to pursue and develop a culture involving arts and religion.