Still think it would be more fulfilling to plant crops rather than “keeping the KPI up”, “limiting the exceptions rate” or “moving a button 3px to the left”…
There’s no job from those times you couldn’t do today while literally living better than they did. Quit your job, give away everything you own and go live in a tent in the woods harvesting mushrooms: Your life would still be better than theirs because you would still have access to some emergency healthcare, foodbanks when you are starving, and be protected from marauding pillagers.
Plus, probably still required to do military service, only you get no armor and face knights in full plate who have trained their whole lives to kill you.
Still think it would be more fulfilling to plant crops rather than “keeping the KPI up”, “limiting the exceptions rate” or “moving a button 3px to the left”…
There’s no job from those times you couldn’t do today while literally living better than they did. Quit your job, give away everything you own and go live in a tent in the woods harvesting mushrooms: Your life would still be better than theirs because you would still have access to some emergency healthcare, foodbanks when you are starving, and be protected from marauding pillagers.
You can become a farmer if that appeals to you. Doubt you want that though
Give it a try using ancient tech and get back to me after you come back to the city because your back is completely fucked.
Also, add in the drastically higher incidence of parasites and plague!
“Baby, you’ve got a stew goin’!”
Plus, probably still required to do military service, only you get no armor and face knights in full plate who have trained their whole lives to kill you.
You can go do that now, no one’s stopping you.