I had a flooded soakaway last week, that required days of digging through slimey stinky mud in the rain, but listening to 100s of Empire podcast I had a great old time.
I kinda think manual laborers will become new intelligentsia, many are plugged in learning in a way I can't do when building stuff on the computer.
Did you know Welsh miners would pay literate children to read books and newspapers by candlelight while they worked. Og audiobooks. Partly why those mining communities had intelligentsia despite being down the pit 12hrs per day.
Wicked libraries too in their working mens halls, funded by them. bought many when they began closing
Ah, this is how my twins will get their #40hpw they will read transcripts of nostr:nprofile1qqs2dg3dtrdkwz0gr3t3wenahm3dmwkzy3y9whdtlyh5kvxxacgjnugpzamhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgkwaehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvshsxwymg0 to me while I am choring
That's kind of awesome.
Probably not the best air for those kids to breathe.
We think we invent new concepts we mainly unlock ease of use x)
