Possibly doing nothing is a good idea for hunter gatherers in case of starvation, but that seems worth checking in the anthropology research. If starvation were a frequent risk, lethargy would surely been prompted by insufficient food intake, which is rare for humans today. We wouldn’t just be lazy for that reason all the time; during times of abundance you ought to gather and store as much food as possible.
Apparently hunter gatherer bands were egalitarian, so it’s unlikely people would have been beaten up by (non-existent) leaders just for hunting and gathering well, especially given food was shared. Again the conditions under which people would be picked on in bands are something we can find out by looking at existing anthropology research. Nonetheless it’s hard to imagine that hunter gatherer bands which would push out members merely for contributing to the food intake of the group would be the most successful. We don’t favour do-nothings over well-meaning incompetents today as far as I can tell.
Possibly doing nothing is a good idea for hunter gatherers in case of starvation, but that seems worth checking in the anthropology research. If starvation were a frequent risk, lethargy would surely been prompted by insufficient food intake, which is rare for humans today. We wouldn’t just be lazy for that reason all the time; during times of abundance you ought to gather and store as much food as possible.
Apparently hunter gatherer bands were egalitarian, so it’s unlikely people would have been beaten up by (non-existent) leaders just for hunting and gathering well, especially given food was shared. Again the conditions under which people would be picked on in bands are something we can find out by looking at existing anthropology research. Nonetheless it’s hard to imagine that hunter gatherer bands which would push out members merely for contributing to the food intake of the group would be the most successful. We don’t favour do-nothings over well-meaning incompetents today as far as I can tell.