He added, “It transforms the lives of women most of all because they get laborsaving devices, they get lights so they can study at night, and it helps the kids with school.”
In addition to saving money on materials, it is estimated that building a Sears house took only about 350 hours of carpenter labor, compared with 580 hours for a conventional house.
What we have gained in convenience from labor-saving devices over the past half-century, we have paid for in terms of a sharp decline in physical activity.