If too much work causes harm, that probably means a reasonable amount of idleness is healthy and that well-being demands a balance between labor and leisure. That’s a fair summary of Idle Theory. Idle Theory posits that we make ourselves weaker by working too hard and that lazier creatures have an evolutionary advantage. Every living being has to do some work in order to stay alive, of course. According to Idle Theory, the entities that meet their survival needs with the least amount of work are most likely to survive. Chris Davis, one of the original proponents of this theory, calls it
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