The work ethic of hunter-gatherer societies
 

Graeber and Wengrow are careful to note (139) that "[n]ot all modern hunter-gatherers value leisure over hard work"
 
"Foragers in northwestern California, for instance, were notorious for their cupidity, organizing much of their lives around the accumulation of shell money and sacred treasures and adhering to a stringent work ethic in order to do so. The fisher-foragers of the Canadian Northwest Coast, on the other hand, lived in highly stratified societies where commoners and slaves were famously industrious"

> from David Graeber and David Wengrow's Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (2021)

> tagged with #slavery, #tribalism, #work

> created August 12, 2024 at 10:10:54 AM


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