Continual busyness and overwork amongst well-paid professionals today is more likely to be for purely social reasons than because it is essential. Many people work harder than they need to build up social standing and display their importance. In terms of becoming an "alpha" individual in the herd, is the equivalent of the dance of the Lyre Bird or the bellowing of the stag. That's why, while there are plenty of folk who must work excessive hours, just to survive (if you think about it, a disgrace in a modern society), what we are seeing is the odd phenomenon of the rich working just as hard, purely to display their status — followed by the “wannabe” rich doing the same in imitation.

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