A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever-more automated present.
The work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, determines our social status and dictates how we spend most of our time. But this wasn't always the case: for 95% of our species' history, work held a radically different importance.
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever-more automated present.
The work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, determines our social status and dictates how we spend most of our time. But this wasn't always the case: for 95% of our species' history, work held a radically different importance.
How, then, did work become the central organisational principle of our societies? How did it transform our bodies, our environments, our views on equality and our sense of time? And why, in a time of material abundance, are we working more than ever before?
薛定谔曾以熵来定义生命，认为生命要维持自身就要吸收低熵，而肖恩·卡罗尔也说要做功就要消耗能量，因此要从环境中捕获自由能；或许因此詹姆斯·苏兹曼才在Work：A History of How We Spend Our Time中才说“基因决定我们必须工作”。 在植物身上我们也能看到这种现象，就如向...
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Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork And drive the brute off? ——Philip Larkin 'Toads' 新卢德主义 第四次工业革命的概念是在2013年汉诺威工业博览会上正式提出的。最初是指利用物联信息系统，将生产中的供应，制造，销售...
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