I heard that back in the days, people used to just go when their work was done on the farms and there was no concept of 9-5 (these days seem 24 hours work). There used to be a lot of holidays. Is that true? If it is, then given the abundance in technology, why our work hours increased and why do we have such weird lives that we live to work?


Bingo. Sort of. It includes a lot, to go with the massive breadth that the question entails.
An interesting response, thank you.
So you feel like it’s worth pointing out, even if it’s that massively broad? You could have used a few more words, if you wanted.