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Human beings have engaged in productive activity—ie, “labored”—from the very first moment of our species, without compulsion.

Did they experience that activity as *fun* the same way my cat plays at hunting and my kids play at construction? I don’t know! But I have a hunch.

We are encouraged to think of labor and leisure as separate categories, but this becomes difficult when you consider how little distinguishes the substance of the activities that fall into these categories.

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