I don’t know nearly enough history to be an expert on this subject, but I’ve heard that one of the causes of the Enlightenment was because peasants and poors were able to afford to spend time learning and creating, rather than substinance-farming.

Yup, same for me

https://xkcd.com/1129/

I’ve been using the ‘Silence’ app, which lets only known-callers ring your phone. The rest get sent straight to voicemail