Does manual labor boost happiness?

a post by Derek Beres for the Big Think blog

The neurochemistry of working with your hands.

• Working with your hands affects brain chemistry in a positive way.
• Automation technologies can strip away a sense of agency and meaning in our lives.
• Using your hands connects you with your environment in a way that most technologies cannot.

Violence has become such a part of the fabric of American society that many stories pass without much commentary. Mass shootings need to be bigger and grander than ever to stay in the headlines; solo homicides rarely receive a glance. We pass over news about increasing suicide rates as if it is to be expected.

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