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How Much Do We Spend in Sleep?
Work was a convenient way to forget about your lack of control over it. This fed into what came to be called the Protestant work ethic. The message that deferring gratification for going worldly pleasures, being frugal and productive were all virtues. By the 1700s, this way of thinking was becoming very influential.