Try to remember when economic activity served human life instead of the other way around.
When
Well, originally economy referred to the maintenance of the household to the benefit of its members. That was circa Aristotle. Binary search from there?
After the renaissance but before the industrial revolution, perhaps.
No idea what this article is on about, I don’t know anyone in their 30s who works more slowly because of illness compared to people in 40s 50s. And is illness really worse or just more diagnosed?