Robin2:
Would you actually be less happy than you are now if you did have to (and did not know anything different)?You probably would not have been kept awake at night worrying how you were going to meet next month's repayment on the new car.
...R
I for one am happy that Eli Whittney invented the cotton gin.
and that someone invented the saw mill.
I would not want to have to go out and cut my own trees to make my house
then grow my own crops for food.
it sounds romantic, but if your whole life is spent in the pursuit of living for the food and shelter for that day, there is little meaning in one's life.
besides, most people cannot even define happiness.