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Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> writes:

>> Is laziness irrational?
>
> IMHO, no.  Laziness (and selfishness) is completely rational.
>

I think I saw in a wildlife programme that for sloths, laziness was an
adaptation. They move slowly to conserve energy and that allows them to
live on leaves.

Historically though humans would have shared work and resources for
mutual benefit. So you could argue either way on that.

And just so I am not completely off topic, free software is a modern
example.