Goodreads accidentally reminded me of this very nice review by Jan-Maat of Sahlins’ Stone Age Economics.
The first essay in the book "The Original Affluent Society" is something anybody should have a go at reading. A director could even make a nice documentary film about its subject which is the lives of surviving stone-age hunter gatherers in Africa and Australia. The key finding is that even restricted to fairly desert areas they barely have to work to feed and support themselves. An average of a few hours of work a day are sufficient to meet all their needs. The pace of work is slow. People take naps. People sleep a lot. In short Eden was a reality for our most distant ancestors. Our world by contrast has starvation, poverty and infinite needs that can leave us knowing a dissatisfaction alien to the old stone-age. Something to think about.
Downloaded—sounds beautiful!