ToddAllenGates2

The bulk of the videos on this channel discuss the ideas in my book, "Hunting, Gathering, & Videogames." A brief overview:
PART I: WHY DO WE HAVE TO WORK? looks at the history of why we've always had to work, tracing the common link between the workday of the prehistoric hunter and gatherer, the first millennium B.C. farmer, the 1st century pottery-maker, the 19th century assembly-line worker, and today's videogame programmer. Included is an explanation of why we use this odd thing called "money": why the complications of bartering inevitably lead communities with multiple goods and services to use some type of medium-of-exchange (be it beads or bills) to solve their trading problems. 
PART II: WORK, WEALTH, & STATUS focuses on today's world, and contrasts our culture's guideline for happiness--the wealth, status, and identity we derive from our careers--with a guideline that instead aims for a balance of our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual dimensions.