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Humans in the west work between 1/2 and 2/3rds the number of hours worked in 1870. The ‘winning’ of the 8 hour work day wasn’t until 1938 in the USA, but there’s no correlate drop off. Instead, it’s the congealment of numerous technological and social changes over time.

we’ve also managed to create a crapload of more wealth while working way less. average westerner is significantly wealthier than in 1950 and works significantly less. also we basically ended child labor in that time period and took entire generations of people out of the workforce via pensions

you can say “well women entered the workforce” but we also don’t have 12 children anymore lol (and poor women were already working outside the home).

domestic labor is still tilted against women for a variety of social reasons but even there technology has significantly changed the workload, in addition to allowing many companies to offer generous multi-parent leave.

and even the domestic sphere has had huge gains, breast pumps make entire forms of life attainable without paying e.g. a wet nurse to work at the issue Plus the fact that all genders/people regardless of milk output are now capable of feeding newborns to suitable nutrition levels via formula.

Technology yes, which technologies depends on analysis. Vaccination and public health big effects. Contraception. Etc