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Humans aren't built to work late. There's a whole host of physical health issues and mental health issues that comes with working a large number of hours.

The prey that a human is trying to hunt isn't gonna be up after sundown. Ancient humans can't hunt or forage or farm things late into the night.

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> Humans aren’t built to work late

What are humans build to do? And do we have an obligation to do what we are built for? Should I start persisting hunting [1] my meals? Should all my decision be dictated towards minimizing physical and mental health issues?

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting

If I were to guess, I'd say you're being downvoted because your second paragraph seems like a bold claim with no supporting evidence, even though the first paragraph seems reasonable (and ostensibly supported given the growing frequency with which the topic seems to be discussed these days, whether online or by the media)

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