The creation of cities, beginning approximately 7,000 years ago, represents the third great revolution in the history of work, though in most agricultural civilizations 80% of people still lived and worked the land focusing their labor on producing energy needed to survive.

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Ever since 7,000 years ago is where you get the beginning of the third revolution in the history of work- and that is the creation of cities... So even the most sophisticated agricultural civilizations, still, 80% of people were actually in the countryside, focused all their labor energy on basically producing the energy they needed to survive and live.

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How work has shaped society | James SuzmanBig Think
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:07:36 PM

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